Sino-Israeli Cooperation to Save Kids' HeartsChinese children with congenital heart defects may be taken to Israel for treatment free of charge, according to Monday's Chinadaily.The plan was being discussed by the Children's Hospital of Hebei Province and the Israeli side, said Ren Huaizhi, director of the hospital. A 12-person surgical team representing an Israeli humanitarian project is visiting the hospital in North China's Hebei Province to perform operations and exchange knowledge with their Chinese colleagues. Nine children aged between 10 months and 11 years suffering from heart disease have been successfully operated on by the team in the children's hospital since last week. The team plans to conduct another five or six pediatric heart operations this week, the paper said. The project of "Saving a Child's Heart", initiated by Amram Cohen in 1995, was the largest undertaking in the world to provide urgently needed heart surgery and follow-up care for children from developing countries. It provides services such as surgical operations and medicines to children with heart defects free of charge regardless of race, color, religion or financial situation, according to Cohen. |
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