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Israeli cardiac surgeons from Wolfson Medical Center in Holon and Save a Child's Heart (SACH) and Zambian surgeons perform open-heart surgery on a child in an operating room at National Heart Hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, on July 14, 2026. (Courtesy/Save a Child's Heart)
August 1, 2026, 9:15 am
In Zambia, Israeli team helps train country’s first generation of pediatric cardiac surgeons
Save a Child’s Heart program mentors hospital staff with 6-year fellowship, recently donated crucial new equipment; group has helped 8,500 kids and trained 160 doctors worldwide
By Diana Bletter
Simon Fischler, center, with Dr. Ben Ben Avraham, left, and Prof. Leor Perl, right, after Fischler's groundbreaking emergency heart surgery at Rabin Medical Center. (Courtesy/Rabin Medical Center)
August 25, 2025, 4:37 pm
Israeli doctors perform 1st ever emergency mitral valve repair on heart transplant patient
33 years after Simon Fischler, 47, had a heart transplant, Rabin Medical Center team conducts procedure, attempted only twice before, but never on a patient in cardiogenic shock
By Diana Bletter
Sineor, a 17-month-old Yazidi child who died during an attempt at life-saving surgery in Israel. (Courtesy Shevet Achim)
December 9, 2022, 3:03 pm
Body of Yazidi child who died during surgery refused passage at Ben Gurion
Toddler being taken across land border to Jordan after death in Jerusalem hospital; mother forced to return to Iraq without his remains
By Lazar Berman
The grandmother of 5-year-old Gazan Amir Yichya Mabchuch kisses him on the head before he is taken in for open-heart surgery, at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, on November 21, 2022. (Tomer Noyberg/Save a Child's Heart)
November 22, 2022, 12:47 am
3,000th Palestinian child has heart operation in Israel through Save a Child’s Heart
At 5, Amir Yichya Mabchuch receives heart surgery through organization on Sunday; child’s mother says Gazans know Israeli doctors ‘can be trusted completely’
By Jack Mukand
Karina Andreiko, a 5-year-old Ukrainian girl, is about to undergo heart surgery by a team led by Dr. Sagi Assa, head of invasive pediatric cardiology, from the Save A Child's Heart non-profit organization, at the Wolfson Medical center in Holon, near Tel Aviv, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/ Ariel Schalit)
May 2, 2022, 9:54 pm
5-year-old Ukrainian girl receives lifesaving treatment in Israel
Karina Andreiko, diagnosed with a defect between her heart chambers, receives treatment with the help of Save a Child’s Heart
By Moshe Edri
In this undated image provided by the Jewish National Fund-USA, Dr. Morton Mower and his wife, Toby, pose for a picture. Dr. Morton Mower, a former Maryland-based cardiologist who helped invent an automatic implantable defibrillator that has helped countless heart patients live longer and healthier, has died at age 89. (Courtesy of Jewish National Fund-USA via AP)
May 2, 2022, 3:20 am
Morton Mower, co-inventor of implantable defibrillator, dies at 89
In addition to saving lives of many, US cardiologist also hailed as a prominent Jewish philanthropist and friend of Israel, where he visited weeks before his death
By AP
Luleseged Kassa (courtesy of Save a Child's Heart)
August 11, 2021, 5:45 pm
Addis Ababa man battling heart defect gets second free treatment in Israel
Tel Aviv doctors saved Luleseged Kassa’s heart when he was 13, and he became a sportsman; 20 years later it developed a defect and they stepped in again
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative: Surgery at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, September 12, 2011. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 4, 2021, 9:52 am
2 young Gambians who had heart surgery in Israel return home after 2-month delay
Omar, 15, and Amadou, 21, brought to the country by the Save A Child’s Heart group, had been unable to fly back due to coronavirus restrictions on international travel
By ToI Staff
Dr. Alain Serraf, head of the International Congenital Heart Center at Sheba's children's hospital, after conducting surgery on a 10-day-old Syrian baby on June 14, 2020. (Sheba Medical Center)
June 14, 2020, 10:18 pm
Doctors optimistic as Syrian baby completes 1st of 3 heart surgeries in Israel
Infant with rare congenital heart defect was flown to Sheba Medical Center last week with his father, who says he has ‘complete faith’ in Israeli medical team
By Judah Ari Gross
A 10-day-old Syrian baby is flown from Cyprus to Israel for emergency surgery on June 11, 2020. (Sammy Revel/Twitter)
June 11, 2020, 9:59 pm
10-day-old Syrian baby flown to Israel for emergency heart surgery
Infant travels from Cyprus to Ramat Gan’s Sheba Medical Center for surgery to correct congenital defect, is in recovery ward
By Judah Ari Gross
In this photo taken on July 25, 2019 Democratic presidential hopeful and Vermont US Senator Bernie Sanders speaks on stage during a Town Hall event at the Aratani Theater in Los Angeles, California. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP)
October 2, 2019, 6:38 pm
Bernie Sanders undergoes heart procedure, cancels campaign events
78-year-old presidential candidate ‘in good spirits’ after treatment for a blocked artery
By AP
Aryeh Deri, head of the Shas party, greets supporters as the results in the Israeli general elections are announced at the party headquarters in Jerusalem, April 09, 2019. (Flash90)
April 18, 2019, 11:33 pm
Let Iraqi baby into Israel for emergency surgery, group implores minister
Officials tell Jerusalem-based medical NGO that interior minister ‘unreachable’ until after Passover, but Shevet Achim says clock is ticking for two-month old Roman
By Tamar Pileggi
This photo taken on April 15, 2019, at the University of Tel Aviv shows a 3D print of heart with human tissue. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
April 15, 2019, 2:46 pm
Israeli scientists unveil world’s first 3D-printed heart with human tissue
Researchers at Tel Aviv University say their ‘major medical breakthrough’ will advance possibilities for transplants
By Delphine Matthieussent
Prof. Victor Guetta, irector of the Invasive and Interventional Cardiology Unit at Sheba Medical Center, plugged a bleeding hole in the artery of a 29-year-old patient using a device that is usually used to unblock arteries (YouTube screenshot)
March 7, 2019, 1:42 pm
In first, Israel doctor plugs heart bleed with device designed to clear arteries
29-year-old chronic cardiology patient walks into Sheba Medical Center with a ruptured aneurysm; standard open heart surgery wasn’t a good option
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative: A father waits while hospital staff attend to his baby, brought to Israel for life-saving heart surgery by Shevet Achim NGO. (Screen capture: Vimeo)
September 25, 2018, 8:59 am
Iraqi-Kurdish baby heads to Israel for urgent surgery after minister intervenes
On eve of Sukkot, Interior Ministry approves emergency arrival of newborn with congenital heart condition for life-saving treatment
By ToI Staff
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