A team of doctors, anaesthesists, reanimators, nurses all specialised in children healthcare and coming from different university hospitals (Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc in Brussels, and UZ Ghent) is currently working in the La Mascota children Hospital in Managua to cure and operate children suffering from very complex heart diseases that, if left untreated, would put their life in danger.

The training of local teams remains the corner stone of the action of The Chain of Hope Belgium with her partner hospitals.

To make sure sufficient knowledge is transferred during the mission, some of the chidlren are operated on by the local teams, under supervision of the Belgian team, whilst for the most complex cases, it is the other way round.

The Belgian teams always bring medical material and drugs that are absolutely crucial to the success of the operations and the well-being of the children.