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   From: no@way.com   
      
   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."   
   >   
      
   Even illness and disease have become useful.  That's how bad politics   
   has become.   
      
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