Sending Volunteer Surgery Teams to Palestine
Belgian Gent Mission, July, 1999
A week after the Italian team completed work in Makassed Hospital, the PCRF sent the first pediatric cardiac surgery mission to Ramallah Hospital. Led by Professor Guido Van Nooten, and including surgeon Dr. Katrien Francois and cardiologist Dr. Daniel de Wolf, the team worked for a week and saved the lives of many sick babies.
Cases treated by Belgian Team, July, 1999
| Name |
Age |
Residence |
Diagnosis |
Date |
| May’ce Daragmah |
12 |
Toubas/Jenin |
PDA |
7/25 |
| Fatima Al-Badran |
8 |
Beit Lahia/Gaza |
ASD-VSD |
7/25 |
| Mohammed Balawmeh |
4 |
Jericho |
ASD-PS |
7/26 |
| Khader Pestal |
6 |
Gaza |
PDA |
7/26 |
| Omar Munfeed |
5 |
Tulkarem |
ASD-VSD |
7/26 |
| Hamid Quaidy |
6 |
m Gaza |
BT Shunt |
7/27 |
| Malak Alrabas |
9 |
m Qalqilya |
VSD |
7/27 |
| Ahlam Kawari |
7 |
Gaza |
PDA |
7/27 |
| Moorad Abdullatif |
2 |
Atil/Tulkarem |
TOF |
7/28 |
| Radwan Abu Nahia |
4 |
Gaza |
Glenn Shunt |
7/28 |
| Abdoukhalaf Beyen |
2 |
Gaza |
TOF |
7/28 |
| Suhad Darwish |
16 |
m Gaza |
Sub. Ao. Stenosis |
7/29 |
| Yousra Hamdan |
28 |
Beit Sira |
Valve Replacement |
7/29 |
