Yesterday, the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Department at Al-Noor Specialized Hospital in Makkah performed a successful open-heart surgery for a four-year-old Saudi child who suffers from three congenital heart defects since his birth, represented by the presence of an arterial duct between the pulmonary and aorta arteries and two holes between the atria and ventricles of an area of ​​​​3 1.5 and 5 centimeters. Dr. Marwan bin Saleh Tayeb, Head of the Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Department at the hospital, who performed the operation, explained that the child was presented to the hospital suffering from shortness of breath with cyanosis in the body and other health problems, noting that after conducting medical examinations for the child using ultrasound and cardiac catheterization, it was found Existence of congenital defects that necessitated surgical intervention to save the child''s life after the will of the Almighty. And he indicated that during the operation, which lasted four hours, the ductus arteriosus was tied and the holes were closed by two surgical grafts, stressing that the child is currently enjoying good health, praise be to God, as the ventilator has been removed from him and he will leave the hospital within the coming days, God Almighty, after the completion of the necessary medical follow-up. Dr. Al-Tayeb stated that congenital malformations may result from the marriage of relatives who carry certain genetic traits, or as a result of the pregnant mother''s use of medical drugs during the initial months of pregnancy without consulting a specialist doctor or as a result of exposure to X-rays.