DAR ES SALAAM, Aug. 7 -- 10 patients with heart rhythm disorders have undergone heart surgery through a small incision during a special camp that lasted five days.

The special camp was conducted by experts from the Jakaya Kikwete Heart Institute (JKCI) in collaboration with their colleagues from the African Medical Association in the United States.

The camp aimed to help patients as well as strengthen the skills of JKCI doctors and provide an opportunity for doctoral students to learn in practice.

Speaking today in Dar es Salaam, JKCIs cardiologist and cardiac electrical system specialist, Yona Gandye, said the patients treated at the camp were those with problems in the hearts electrical system, a condition that causes the heart to be...