by check payable to: : Kav Lachayim - Open Heart

to: GONEN 15 PETAH TIKVA

ISRAEL 49170

 open heart

 

Be a part of a rescue mission

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•  Our mission is to rescue children with life threatening heart diseases who are deprived of basic treatment in their home land ( Third World countries).

• We, at The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital at Sheba Medical Center have the capacity, advanced technology and expertise to save these sick children, and are commited to do so.

• We will fly them accompanied by a relative and medical professionals to Safra  Children’s Hospital in Israel where a leading medical team will receive them with the most advanced technology in the field.

 

The Journey of the Heart

• Children will travel from their home land escorted by a relative and medical professionals, to a safe arrival in Safra Children’s Hospital.

• Upon arrival they will undergo a thorough medical workup, including a full evaluation of their cardiac status, including an echocardiogram, and cardiac catheterization , cardiac CT or MRI if needed.

• They will also be evaluated and treated by the appropriate multidisciplinary services of the Safra children's hospital when needed 

• The children will receive state of the art heart surgery, followed by a stay in the dedicated cardiac intensive care unit, and recovery in the step down unit.

• After discharge, the children will be followed in the Pediatric Cardiology clinic until full recovery 

• Children will be enrolled to the  rehabilitation program as needed , and all the  families will take part in an educational program.

• We will be here until the heart is safe and ready to go back home. 

•  Housing for the child and relative will be supplied until the child is fully recovered and treated

• The  typical stay in Israel is expected to last a month.

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