The International Islamic Relief Organization of Saudi Arabia (IIROSA), an affiliate of the Muslim World League (MWL) has sponsored conducting of 1,212 open-heart surgeries and angioplasties on a number of children and young people in several Muslim countries. These included 797 surgeries in Yemen; 200 in Egypt, 73 in Morocco; 71 in Kazakhstan, 43 in Syria and 36 in Pakistan. In a press statement, IIROSA's Secretary General Dr. Adnan bin Khalil Basha said these surgeries had been conducted in the context of the Organization's intensive efforts in the field of health services for the benefit of a large group of children and young people to lead normal and healthy lives generating happiness in the hearts of their fathers and mothers as well as ensuring them all medical facilities and amenities. --MORE
