Pasifika Medical Association [PMA] team leader Dr Fiona Riddell says, after disruptions caused by Covid-19, the team will be restarting vital pacemaker clinics.
"In 2018 we undertook the first pacemaker operations, however these were only replacements as we knew in advance that Tonga did not have a functioning portable image intensifier at the time, which is the X-Ray required in theatre to guide the placement of the pacemaker leads in the heart.
