Approximately 1,400 operations are performed on newborns each year, with specialized care available at perinatal centers across Kazakhstan. (…) The operation itself is complex, the postoperative period is complex, and they need specialized care afterward. About 17,000 premature babies were born in Kazakhstan last year, with each receiving a range of specialized medical care, according to the ministry. Kazakhstan is developing fetal surgery, or the intrauterine correction of certain fetal conditions, with procedures performed at specialized centers in Astana and Almaty. And most importantly, many families today can receive high-tech medical care without leaving Kazakhstan,” Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon Tlektes Nashkenov told The Astana Times.