Gachon University Gil Medical Center in Incheon gave six Indonesian children suffering from heart disease a new lease on life, the hospital said Monday.

Its medical team found 48 children suffering from a ventricular septal defect when they visited Banten, Indonesia, a sister city of Incheon.

VSD is a congenital heart malformation, which manifests as a hole between the lower chambers of the heart. If it does not receive timely treatment, it can severely stunt the growth of a child.

On July 12, Gil Medical Center invited over six children with the disease who could not receive treatment in May due to inadequate facilities. All six have successfully been treated and are in the process of recovering. They are to go back on Tuesday.

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