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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 374

SACH Save a Child's Heart

18-year-old Shahad from Gaza is the first child to be implanted with a new kind of heart pacemaker in Israel. It was also the first time the implantation was done through a catheter in the neck rather than the groin. The procedure was done at Wolfson Medical Center, September 2023. (Courtesy of Save a Child's Heart)
September 26, 2023, 5:51 am
In Israeli first, Gazan girl receives new kind of pacemaker in innovative procedure
Teams of doctors from Save A Child’s Heart at Wolfson Medical Center implant cardiac device, identical to the one given to Netanyahu, through 18-year-old patient’s neck
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative -- Doctors and nurses take a child brought to Israel by Save a Child's Heart to recovery after the infant underwent open-heart surgery at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, Israel, on August 13, 2018 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 28, 2022, 4:56 am
In first, 4 children from South Sudan to get life-saving heart surgery in Israel
Children with congenital heart disease will receive treatment at Holon’s Wolfson Medical Center as part of a joint initiative by Save a Child’s Heart and IsraAID
By Nathan Jeffay and ToI Staff
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
Save A Child's Heart Africa President Haim Taib (L) speaks with Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi (R) as President Isaac Herzog looks on, October 27, 2021 (courtesy)
November 9, 2021, 12:28 pm
In gesture to Congo’s leader, Israeli group to bring in children for surgery
Haim Taib, head of Save A Child’s Heart Africa, surprised DRC President Felix Tshisekedi during state dinner with Herzog
By Lazar Berman
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
Children from Ethiopia, Tanzania, Nigeria, Kenya, Kosovo, Uganda and Zambia being treated in Holon, pose with their guardians in June 2021. (Courtesy Save a Child's Heart)
June 23, 2021, 12:17 am
In Holon, a global gaggle of child heart patients get life-saving treatment
Over 30 children from 7 countries are in Israel thanks to Save a Child’s Heart, which has not allowed COVID to stop it from giving kids from around the world a new lease on life
By ToI Staff
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
Illustrative: Doctors perform surgery on a patient at the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
From the WebMay 8, 2020, 4:40 am
Palestinian boy braves surgery alone during coronavirus closure in Israel
2-year-old from West Bank undergoes successful heart procedure at Israeli hospital as family kept away by virus restrictions, Reuters reports
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
Pianist Emily Bear, a 17-year-old American prodigy, will perform at two benefit concerts with singers Avraham Tal and Ester Rada, in support of Save a Child's Heart (Courtesy PR)
December 18, 2018, 2:16 pm
Piano prodigy Emily Bear to hit Israel for benefit concerts
Teen pianist, along with the World Doctors Orchestra and singers Ester Rada and Avraham Tal, will perform for Save a Child’s Heart
By Jessica Steinberg
An Echo Technician from Wolfson Medical Center in Israel, examines the heart of a child at the Save a Child's Heart clinic in Zanzibar, March 5, 2018. (Nati Shohat/FLASH9)
June 25, 2018, 7:36 pm
Israel’s Save a Child’s Heart group wins UN Population Award
Prestigious prize given to non-profit medical charity for saving the lives of thousands of children around the world
By Stuart Winer
Philanthropist Morris Kahn, left, Genesis Prize Laureate Natalie Portman, center, and Stan Polovets, co-founder and Chairman of the Genesis Prize Foundation. (Genesis Foundation)
December 19, 2017, 5:51 pm
Philanthropist doubles Natalie Portman’s $1 million ‘Jewish Nobel’
Morris Kahn’s donation to Israel-born actress will be used as grants for projects advancing women’s rights
By Stuart Winer
Yacub, a two-year-old Afghan, on February 23, 2017, holds the hand of the Israeli heart surgeon who saved his life. (Dov Lieber/Times of Israel)
February 24, 2017, 2:33 pm
Afghan baby gets life-saving treatment in Israel — through social media path
Two-year-old Yacub’s family was put in touch with an Israeli charity with the help of a Jalalabad teacher and his Facebook connections
By Dov Lieber
Doctors at Wolfson Medical Center perform open heart surgery (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
August 15, 2016, 11:46 am
With cardiac surgery, Israeli team saves Afghani boy’s life
Unlikely Facebook friendship crossing enemy lines leads to lifesaving treatment for baby born with heart defects
By ToI Staff
Sanusey, a Gambian four-year-old who underwent life-saving heart surgery in Israel (Stella Shalhevet / Save a Child's Heart)
June 17, 2016, 4:37 pm
Sanusey, 4, is 4,000th helped by Save a Child’s Heart
Israeli charity helps bring children suffering heart ailments for treatments not available in their home countries
By ToI Staff
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