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May 27, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article3998990.ece

Iraqi Mothers Laud Israeli Heart Operations for Their Sick Children, Fear Reaction at Home

[Times-UK] Ali Rifat and Uzi Mahnaimi - Aria, an 18-month-old baby from Kirkuk in northern Iraq, 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, Dr. Lior Sasson, 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."

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