Rivlin visits kids from developing countries in Israel for life-saving surgery

President Reuven Rivlin visits children from developing countries being treated for heart conditions at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon by the Save a Child’s Heart humanitarian organization.

“It is a wonderful example of how Israeli excellence works together with our concern and sense of obligation towards humanity. Israel was once a developing country,” the president says in his remarks. “We became the startup nation because we needed these solutions.”

“We often quote the saying ‘He who saves a single life is as if he has saved the whole world.’ Behind each heart is not just a child, but a family, friends and community – a whole world,” he said.

Save a Child’s Heart was founded in 1995 at Holon’s Wolfson Medical Center, with the mission to improve the quality of pediatric cardiac care for children from developing countries. It has saved the lives of more than 4,700 children in 57 countries, according to the organization.