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Source: http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Syrian-schoolgirl-goes-back-home-after-being-cured-of-blood-disease-in-Israel-464844?

Syrian Schoolgirl Goes Back Home after Being Cured of Blood Disease in Israel

(Jerusalem Post) Judy Siegel-Itzkovich - A six-year-old girl from Syria who was treated for a wound and a blood disease at Haifa's Rambam Medical Center was sent home on Tuesday after her new Israeli friends held a farewell party and gave her many gifts, including a first-grade backpack. Jews, Muslims, Christians, and Druse from the medical staff had tears in their eyes, hugging her and worrying about the future that awaits her. Once she recovered from her wound, the medical team noted from her blood tests that she suffered from a blood disease and needed a bone marrow transplant. The Israeli government reached the child's relatives in Syria and brought back blood samples from several family members. Her brother was a perfect match and was brought from Syria to Rambam for two weeks. At the farewell party, her mother said, "I would lie if I said that I expected the kind of humanity I discovered here. I am grateful for your care and sensitivity; may God protect you. And we will always remember what you did for us."

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