Sending Volunteer Surgery Teams to Palestine
Boston Pediatric Cardiac Surgery team, December 1999
In December, the PCRF sent a nine-member team of pediatric cardiac surgeons,
cardiologists and nurses from two main hospitals in Boston to Ramallah and
Makassed Hospital to provide open-heart surgery on sick babies with
congenital heart disease. Led by surgeon Dr. Emil Bacha, and cardiologists
Dr. Jonathan Rhodes, Dr. Hitu Patel and Dr. Ziad Saba, the team did several
lifesaving operations during the first week of Ramadan.
Cases Treated by Boston Team, December, 1999
| Name |
Age |
Residence |
Date |
Opinion |
| Elham Abusharkh |
11y |
Dhahriya |
12/13 |
VSD |
| Moumtussam Shubekh |
2 y |
Idna/Hebron |
12/16 |
TOF |
| Salah Saleh |
3 |
Hebron |
12/11 |
VSD |
| Manal Kalaweh |
2 Y |
Jenin |
12/12 |
TOF |
| Jasim Ismail |
13 m |
Ramallah |
12/12 |
Large VSD |
| Ru’a Ali Othman |
11 m |
Nablus |
12/14 |
Severe TOF |
| Ibrahim Mahboul |
5 m |
Dheisheh |
12/11 |
Big ASD, Small PDA |
| Fadi Mujaheed |
11 |
Hebron |
12/13 |
Balloon |
| Fakriy Jarada |
5 m |
Gaza City |
12/13 |
Glenn Shunt |
| Riwan Abu Wardeh |
1 |
Gaza |
12/14 |
TOF |
| Ansam Fakhoury |
5 m |
Hebron |
12/14 |
Balloon |
