Bahraini Ambassador to Israel Khaled Yousif al-Jalahma visited an Israeli cardiac clinic last week, where children from all over the world, including the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian Authority, are treated.
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Founded by Israeli-American Dr. Ami Cohen, Save a Child's Heart is an international non-profit organization with the mission of bringing life-saving cardiac care to children in need worldwide. Based at the new Sylvan Adams Children's Hospital in Holon, it provides where life-saving heart treatments to hundreds of children annually.
After his visit, Jalahma said, "We will examine humanitarian cooperation between Israel and Bahrain for the first time" since the signing of the Abraham Accords.
The ambassador also met with the Chairman of Save a Child's Heart, Yoram Cohen, and its Executive Director Simon Fisher, to discuss future humanitarian cooperation between the two countries.
At the end of the meeting, Jalahma toured the hospital, where he met the medical team, including three Palestinian doctors from Gaza and two other doctors from Zambia and Ethiopia who are taking part in the Save a Child's Heart training program.
The visit ended with a touching meeting of the ambassador with dozens of children from Iraq, Myanmar, Zambia, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Nigeria, who had undergone life-saving medical care in Israel.
"I hear a lot about the humanitarian activity of Save a Child's Heart, and I am very happy to be here today to see the work firsthand," Jalahma said. "I hope that this is the beginning of a very fruitful relationship between Bahrain and Israel in the medical field. I have heard of the work you do across the world. Working with you has become possible because of the Abraham Accords and we look to build on this. These kinds of programs are what will make our world a better place."
Fisher concurred: "We are excited to meet the ambassador and introduce him to Israeli humanitarian activities for children with heart disease from around the world out of a genuine desire and faith to work for a better world.
"The Abraham Accords have opened up many opportunities for expanding the organization's activities in Arab countries and Africa, and we hope that fruitful collaborations will be created as a result in order to save the lives of more children," he said.
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