Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Honduran Child arrives for Heart Treatment

Save a Child's Heart, Israel welcomes a child from Honduras!

This week John Marcus, a 10 year old boy from Honduras arrived with big brown eyes and amazing smile. Marcus lives in Tegucigalpa, the Capital of Honduras, in a small apartment with his mother and 11 year old brother. His heart disease was discovered during pregnancy and since birth he has had several fainting episodes and periods of rapid heartbeats. John and his mother found out about Save a Child’s Heart through the ambassador of Honduras in Israel who is a friend of the family. 

With John's arrival, the number of countries of children treated by SACH increased to 46!

Since the beginning of 2013 SACH has:    


Heart gif Treated over 130 children from 14 different countries
Heart gif Trained  25 physicians
Heart gif Received  news coverage 60 times
Heart gif Enjoyed over 100 volunteers helping out at the SACH Children's home and in the Wolfson Medical Center 
Heart gif Hosted more than 3000 students and young professionals in the SACH home



See how many children are currently undergoing treatment in Israel. Note the number of Palestinians http://www.saveachildsheart.org/608-en/ChildrenCurrentlyinIsrael.aspx

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