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Save a Child's HeartSave a Child's Heart is an Israeli charity organization which helps children in less developed countries with heart problems. It is one of the largest undertakings in the world of its type, providing urgently needed pediatric heart surgery and follow-up care for children. Save a Child's Heart's patients range in age from infants to teenagers and receive whatever treatment is necessary for their individual heart problems. The children come from all corners of the world. Additional recommended knowledge
HistorySave a Child's Heart is the brain-child of Dr Ami Cohen, "an excellent surgeon, an inspiring leader, and a warm and caring person"[1], Dr Cohen acted as the driving force which created the charity and developed it into an important contributor to children's health worldwide. In August 2001 Ami suddenly and tragically passed away. Despite this, his colleagues continued to press ahead and grow this unique and worthwhile charity. Dr. Cohen made aliyah, immigrating to Israel from the United States in 1992. When he arrived, he joined the staff of the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, near Tel Aviv, serving as the Deputy Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery, and Head of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. The idea of Save a Child's Heart was developed by Dr Cohen whilst he was serving as a doctor for the U.S. Armed Forces in Korea. He was approached by the head of the international organization, Save the Hearts. The organization was sending orphaned and indigent Korean children to western countries for medical care not available locally. Dr. Cohen was so impressed with the concept that he requested and received permission from his superiors to participate in the program. During the remainder of his time in Korea, Dr Cohen performed 35 pediatric cardiac operations, giving many children a new lease of life. The charity was created in 1995 when Dr. Cohen was contacted by an Ethiopian doctor referred to him by a mutual friend at the University of Massachusetts. He asked for Dr Cohen's help with two children in desperate need of heart surgery. From this modest beginning, grew a charity made up of 70 dedicated members, who have now operated on hundreds of children. The story of Save a Child's Heart is perhaps even more inspirational because the astounding success rate of 96% has been achieved with very limited levels of publicity, public relations, and money. The charity feels that their greatest achievement is "that all the children, regardless of race, creed, color, sex, or religion are treated free of charge with the finest medical care at the cutting edge of technology" Save a Child's Heart TodayHaving grown from its modest roots over ten years ago, in addition to performing operations, Save a Child's Heart has a full outreach program to train medical personnel in its partner countries with the ultimate goal of creating centers of competence in these countries, enabling local medical personnel to provide needed treatment in their own environment. The program brings doctors and nurses to the Save a Child's Heart center for in-depth Post Graduate training in all facets of pediatric cardiology. In addition, the organization's staff travels overseas to educate and to perform surgery in cooperation with local personnel. However, until its goal is achieved, children with congenital heart problems are brought to Israel for surgery and other cardiac care. Save a Child's Heart provides all its services in cooperation with the Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, a southern suburb of Tel Aviv, Israel's largest city. Much of the World's media has picked up on the efforts of the charity. In March 2006, KLM Air Cares selected the charity as their featured charity and included a video of their work onboard their flights. Video In April, 2007, Israeli musician Idan Raichel travelled with Save a Child's Heart to Rwanda and Ethiopia. His account can he read here FactsAs of April, 2007, Save a Child's Heart has a 96% success rate and have operated on a total of over 1500 patients. They are now saving one child's heart every 28 hours. Save a Child's Heart has saved children from the following countries:
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