80 children to benefit from free hernia operation

AT least 80 children throughout the country are set to benefit from free hernia surgeries to be conducted at the Sally Mugabe Central Hospital with assistance from the Celebration Church and its partners.

Inguinal hernia is a type of ventral hernia that occurs when an intra-abdominal structure, such as bowel or omentum, protrudes through a defect in the abdominal wall.

Sally Mugabe Hospital spokesperson Juliet Chikurunhe said the hernia operations commenced yesterday and would last until Friday.

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