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Rare life-saving heart operation saves Haiti girl

 

Doctors at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv have performed a rare and complicated life-saving open-heart operation on a 12-year-old Haitian girl.

The doctors discovered Amy Mariolata when she came to a primary care clinic outside Port au Prince opened by Israeli medics in the wake of Haiti's devastating earthquake in January 2010.

She was suffering from rheumatic heart disease, a condition affecting the heart valves, and had a life expectancy of just two years.

The doctors brought her to Israel and carried out an eight-hour surgery, which is likely to extend her life by at least 20-30 years. The $30,000 operation and transportation costs were covered by Sheba.
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“Stem Cells the Master Keys of Life“

 Since the late 1990s, the Technion has been on the forefront of stem-cell research. Stem cells are the master keys because they can be converted into many different kinds of cells, opening many different doors to potential cures and treatments. Beating heart tissue is one of the major stem cell achievements from the Technion. Featured in this video is the cancer cell project and testing of anti-cancer drugs. Filmed by the American Technion Society. 

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IMRIC-Innovation Changing Lives

At the Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada (IMRIC) scientists are researching cures and treatments to cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and blindness. IMRIC is creating hope for those who suffer from these debilitating and sometimes deadly diseases. Hebrew University and IMRIC are paving the path to discoveries and medical breakthroughs thanks to their dedicated researchers, collaborative methods, and up-to-date equipment. Learn how some of the greatest scientific minds are working at the leading center for medical research.   

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