Arie Schachner: Saving the Lives of Children From All Over the World, One Heart at a Time

Prof. Arie Schachner is president and a founder of Save a Child’s Heart (SACH), an Israeli humanitarian organization that provides cardiac healthcare to children worldwide. SACH has saved the lives of thousands of children since its inception in 1995. Also, Schachner is the founder of the Cardiovascular Surgery Department at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, and is a longtime professor at Tel Aviv University’s Sackler School of Medicine.
— Wikipedia, The Jerusalem Post
 
Quote: “Most children were flown here, but we went abroad to see who was suited for the surgery. We taught doctors and nurses from Zanzibar, Ethiopia, China, and many other countries to operate themselves. Children came even from Syria via Jordan, Iraq, Russia, Africa and more. Presidents of these countries have praised and thanked us for our work. The lives of some 6,500 kids were saved in operations, and many others underwent successful invasive treatments,” said Prof. Arie Schachner.
— The Jerusalem Post
 
Learn more about Save a Child’s Heart from Wikipedia. ►
 
Read “This surgeon has helped children get heart surgery in Israel for decades” ►
 
Watch “Prof. Arie Schachner for receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award” [12:52]. Note: The video clip is partly in Hebrew and partly in English. The presenter switches to English at [6:20]. ►
 
Photo: Save a Child’s Heart Foundation
 
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