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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/muath-from-hebron-recovers-after-surgery-next-to-kids-from-ghana-gaza/
Israeli Doctors Save Palestinian 4-Year-Old
(Times of Israel) Ilan Ben Zion - Muath Abu Danash, 4, from Hebron, was brought to Wolfson Medical Center in Holon for surgery this week to enable him to live a normal life. He was diagnosed with a congenital anomaly of the pulmonary veins by Dr. Rula Awwad, a Palestinian pediatric cardiologist trained through Save A Child's Heart (SACH) at Wolfson. SACH has provided a three-to-five year training program for over 100 physicians and nurses from around the world, including dozens of Palestinians. To date, SACH has treated and saved the lives of 3,300 children from 48 countries. Half were Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza. "We bring children because of their medical condition, not because of their family connection," SACH Executive Director Simon Fisher said. "Whether it's Hamas, Fatah or Islamic Jihad, it really doesn't matter." In the room alongside Muath were five other children: from Gaza, Hebron, Ghana, Tanzania and Israel.