During his career, the doctor has saved about 6,000 children's lives. Child cardiac surgeon Rene Pretre is one of the most talented and famous doctors on the planet. He has a lot of experience behind him: for many years he has been performing heart surgery almost daily. Hundreds of children in different parts of the world got a chance to live a long and happy life thanks to the hard work, dedication and caring of this amazing man. In his book, the cardiac surgeon talks about his work and life. There was a place for both lyrical memoirs and practically documentary stories from the operating room, based on the author's audio recordings. Rene Pretre regularly travels on business trips to African countries. For the local children, his arrival is the only opportunity to save their hearts. · 350 heart surgeries per year – this is exactly the average figure the author of the book had during the years of the events described. · Winner of the "Swiss of the Year-2009" award. · Today, Pretre is a professor at the University of Lausanne and head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the University Hospital.