Al-Sabah Children's Hospital. (Photo: Courtesy).

A doctor at Al-Sabah Children’s Hospital in Juba is calling on parents to bring their children who were diagnosed with heart conditions in 2023 and booked for treatment in Israel.

Dr Amanda Madison, a paediatrician at Al-Sabah Hospital, said there were initially 17 children diagnosed with heart-related complications to be taken to Israel this year.

The children are supposed to be processed with valid travel documents.

However, Dr Amanda said out of the 17, two died from heart complications, 10 have been reached and five others have not been reported.

The names of the missing patients with heart problems are;

1. Stephen Lemi, an 11-year-old, male
2. Nyandit Peter, a 13-year-old, female
3. Adau Anei, a 5-year-old, female
4. Oling Davis, a 1-year-old, female
5. Nyaguda Gatluak, a 9-year-old, female

The children were screened at Alsabbah Children’s Hospital in July by an Israeli cardiologist.

The doctor said she has turned to the media after efforts to contact the rest of the children proved futile.

Dr Madison appealed to the parents of the children to report them to the hospital for further screening before they were flown to Israel for the procedure.

“They are supposed to come to the hospital and there are some investigations they need to do and forms to be filled so there’s a long process,” she said.

“It depends on if they come early, and I’ll do the process very fast. And they can travel because, currently, we have, like, eight babies in Israel. All of them underwent surgery.”

Dr Madison said she has been dialling the contacts left by the parents, but they are not going through.

“Now, the numbers of these patients are not going through. So, I couldn’t get them. But I’m processing other patients and they have started and I’m doing the process.”

“I hope they will appear soon so that I join them with the one am doing their process. The rest, some of them don’t have passports. So, they are going to do the process for the passport today. But the ones I’m doing the process now, I send them for investigation.”