Iraqi Mothers Laud Israeli Heart Operations But Fear Reaction at Home
-Ali Rifat and Uzi Mahnaimi
Aria, an 18-month-old baby from Kirkuk in northern Iraq [pictured above], underwent a successful operation at the Edith Wolfson Medical Center in Tel Aviv, where 11 Iraqi children are being treated.
The surgery is sponsored by Save a Child's Heart (SACH), a humanitarian organization founded in Israel in 1996. Aria's mother, Paiman, paid tribute to the clinic and the surgeon saying: "He saved little Aria's life."
The mother of Mustafa, 4, from Kirkuk, who has undergone two heart operations in six months, said: "My only fear, which spoils my joy at my son's escape from death, is the revenge my family can expect when we go back to Iraq."
(Times-UK)
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