Ali Haider

Age: 3 Years Old
Diagnosis: D-Transposition of Great Vessels and ASD
Place of origin: Iraq
Story:

Ali is 3 years old male who was diagnosed with D-Transposition of Great Vessels and ASD after birth. This is a complex cardiac condition that could not be treated in Iraq due to lack of resources.

The Assyrian Medical Society and Mr. Rob Raylman of Gift of Life International had accepted a generous donation through Mr. Gokyar Karsit from a group of Rotary Clubs in Istanbul, which had organized a cardiac mission for Iraqi children to be treated at Baskent University Hospitals in Istanbul, Turkey. Ali was the forth patient to arrive into Istanbul on May 26, 2009

Under care of Professor Kursad Tokel, Professor Riza Turkoz, and Dr. Canan Ayabakan of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ali underwent appropriate work up followed by a successful open heart surgery-

The Assyrian Medical Society would like to express its deepest gratitude to Dr. Ahmad Kasim, Pediatric Cardiologist, Basrah Iraq; Mrs. May Hashim in Amman, Jordan; Mr. Rob Raylman; Professor Kursad Tokel, Professor Riza Turkoz and Dr. Canan Ayabakan; Gift of Life staff, RC of Istanbul Karakoy – Mr. Gokyar Karsit, Mr. Fatih Saracoglu; Mrs. Renk Sencan from RC of Istanbul Tesvikiye; RC of Istanbul Nisantasi; RC of Istanbul Beylikduzu; RC of Istanbul Kadikoy; and RC of Istanbul Erenkoy.