1 Borocohov Street, P.O. Box 121
Azur 58008
Israel
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SACH's mission is to improve the quality of pediatric cardiac care for children from developing countries, who suffer from heart disease and to create centers of competence in these countries.
SACH's objectives are: (1) to provide life-saving cardiac surgeries for children from developing countries at the WMC; (2) to Provide a full outreach training program for the medical personnel from these countries in Israel; (3) to hold pre -operative and follow-up clinics; leading medical missions to partner countries for screening, operating and training.
SACH patients come from around the world: from St. Vincent and Ecuador in the American Continent to China, Sri Lanka and Vietnam in the Far East; from Russia, Moldova and Ukraine to Ethiopia and Zanzibar; from Jordan, Iraq and the Palestinian Authority to Nigeria and Congo – 42 different locations to date.
Presently, there are more than 1,000 children on our waiting list.
1. Bringing to the WMC in Israel 150-200 children annually, in need of heart surgery who cannot be operated on in their countries due to lack of knowledge and necessary infrastructure. Likewise, SACH holds a cardiology clinic in Israel every Tuesday for Palestinian children from Gaza and the West Bank.
2. Training 3-6 medical personnel each year from partner sites in Israel at the WMC, an affiliate of the Sackler School of Medicine at the Tel Aviv University, for in-depth post-graduate training in all facets of pediatric cardiac care.
3. Traveling to partner sites in developing countries in order to:
? Evaluate pre- and post operative patients, together with local personnel in joint cardiology clinics;
? Operate on patients together with local personnel in those partner sites that have the minimal required standards in terms of infrastructure and personnel;
? Offer onsite training in various related fields: cardiology, cardiac surgery, intensive care, anesthesia etc.