Mission impossible, made possible: Two GAP Fellows escape from Afghanistan.

In 2019, the Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons (PAPS) invited two Afghan pediatric surgeons to Christchurch to its Annual Meeting as Global Alliance Partnership (GAP) Fellows. During the Annual Meeting and observerships that followed, Rafi Fazli and Dunya Moghul gained scientific knowledge, but they also networked and formed friendships with those whom they met. Two years later, both GAP Fellows found themselves in perilous danger, as the Taliban swiftly gained control of the country.

Incidental finding of cardiac hydatid cysts, report of two cases.

Background: Hydatid is a parasitic infection which can affect any organ of body. In some organs like liver and lung; it can be found regularly while in other organs like heart, it is seen very rarely. Cardiac hydatid cysts comprise less than of 2% of hydatid infection cases and may be detected incidentally.