THE measure of a humane society is found in how it protects its children, especially those at the fragile intersection of illness and hope.

In Pakistan, congenital heart disease remains one of the most devastating threats to childhood survival. Thousands of families confront a harsh reality each year when children are diagnosed with structural cardiac abnormalities demanding urgent surgical correction. In this landscape, the Chief Minister’s Children Heart Surgery Program, under CM Maryam Nawaz Sharif, has emerged as one of the most compassionate and transformative public health interventions in Pakistan’s history.

The successful completion of over 10,331 free pediatric cardiac surgeries represents a milestone of profound national significance. These are highly complex interventions correcting congenital malformations such as ventricular septal defects, atrial septal defects, patent ductus arteriosus and cyanotic heart conditions. Each surgery requires........

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