Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery

The Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery

The Salam Centre is run and managed by the Italian based humanitarian organisation EMERGENCY.
Since April 2007, the Centre provides high standard, free of charge paediatric and adult cardiac surgery.

Our patients

From April 2007 to March 2012, 5,076 patients have been admitted to the Salam Centre.

PATIENTS' DISTRIBUTION BY GENDER

Females 2,620
Males 2,456

 

PATIENTS' DISTRIBUTION BY AGE

0-14 yrs. 1,464
15-25 yrs. 1,366
26-40 yrs. 1,262
41-65 yrs. 984


PATIENTS' ADMISSIONS BY AGE AND DISEASE

Congenital Heart Diseases (CHD) 1,131
0-14 yrs. 847
15-25 yrs. 204
26-40 yrs. 61
41-65 yrs. 19
Valvular Heart Diseases (VHD) 3,524
0-14 yrs. 617
15-25 yrs. 1,157
26-40 yrs. 1,172
41-65 yrs. 578
Ischemic Heart Diseases (IHD) 412
0-14 yrs. 0
15-25 yrs. 4
26-40 yrs. 25
41-65 yrs. 383
Other 9

 

PATIENT'S DISTRIBUTION BY COUNTRY

Sudan 4,244
South Sudan 90
Central African Republic 73
Democratic Republic of Congo 30
Eritrea 114
Ethiopia 129
Kenya 46
Rwanda 15
Sierra Leone 53
Tanzania 4
Uganda 35
Zambia 8
Nigeria 36
Iraq 71
Chad 30
Jordan 1
Somalia 40
Burundi 10
Djibouti 16
Zimbabwe 4
Senegal 2
Burkina Faso 2
Afghanistan 21
Italy* 2*

 

* Italian citizens temporarily resident in Sudan.

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