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Surgery in Israeli Hospital saves a
Kurdish & Iraqi girls
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December 24, 2006
Two girls from Kurdistan and Iraq who suffered from
severe congenital heart defects have been saved by
surgery at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon as part
of the Save a Child’s Heart program. Santa Maria,
six, a Christian Kurd, arrived via Jordan in early
September with her mother.
She was diagnosed by an American physician in Iraq
who contacted the voluntary organization. Senior
pediatric cardiologist Dr. Akiva Tamir studied her
medical file and agreed that she would undergo free
surgery by Dr. Leon Sasson, Save a Child’s Heart’s
primary surgeon.
A serious kidney defect was detected, leading to
another operation to eliminate the need for
dialysis. Both operations were successful.
Hawara, two, from Basra, came with her father in
early November. Sasson operated on her as well, and
she is recovering nicely. Upon their discharge, the
girls and their parents will stay in the Save a
Child’s Heart hostel in Azur with children from
Zanzibar, Ethiopia and Nigeria, together with
volunteer doctors and nurses from abroad training to
take care of them.
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