Tajik children with heart defects treated in Qingdao

Nine children from Tajikistan with complex congenital heart defects underwent successful surgeries at a hospital in Qingdao, China's Shandong province, over the past week, highlighting deepening healthcare cooperation and growing ties between the two nations.

The children, aged 2 to their early teens, arrived in Qingdao on March 13 for preoperative evaluations at the Women and Children's Hospital of Qingdao University, with treatments and surgeries beginning on March 16.