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   XPost: uk.legal, alt.politics.uk   
   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 10:48:22 -0500   
   burfordTjustice  wrote:   
      
   > So why was she not brought to the UK, Cuba or Venezuela with   
   > their vastly better government run health care????   
   >   
   > A 4-month-old girl from Iran who was temporarily banned from coming   
   > into the U.S. by President Trump's immigration order is set to have a   
   > life-saving heart surgery in Portland.   
   >   
   > Fatameh Reshad was admitted to OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital   
   > on Tuesday, where she is undergoing a series of tests in preparation   
   > for her surgery, the hospital said in a news release.   
   >   
   > The news comes a week after her family's tourist visa was abruptly   
   > canceled after Trump announced his executive order banning the entry   
   > of people from seven countries with Muslim majorities - including   
   > Iran. A waiver was granted to the family for them to travel.   
   >   
   > Reshad underwent a procedure called a cardiac catheterization on   
   > Friday to determine the extent of injury to her lungs, which went   
   > well, according to Dr. Laurie Armsby, interim head of the Division of   
   > Pediatric Cardiology at OHSU.   
   >   
   > "The results were very encouraging. Despite the excess of blood   
   > passing through her lungs we believe we can proceed with surgical   
   > correction as planned," she said in the news release.   
   >   
   > The girl's heart defects can be repaired by closing the holes in her   
   > heart and reconnecting the transposed arteries to the proper pumping   
   > chambers of the heart, according to Dr. Irving Shen, head of the   
   > Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at OHSU, who will perform the   
   > surgery.   
   >   
   > If all goes as planned, Fatemeh's health care team expects her to   
   > stay in the hospital for up to three weeks.   
   >   
   > The family of the 4-month-old chose Portland because of its proximity   
   > to relatives and because of OHSU's expertise in treatment of the   
   > heart condition.   
   >   
   > The hospital also said the family "expresses their profound gratitude   
   > for the expert care their child is receiving and for the constant   
   > stream of support from people around the world."   
   >   
      
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