Dr. Michael Gurevich, one of the surgeons who treated the child, said that the case was a “complex, multi-system injury with immediate life-threatening risk.”
By Dinah Bucholz, Jewish Breaking News
A 7-year-old girl was discharged from the hospital earlier this week in good condition after a two-month stay following critical injuries she sustained in a March 21 Iranian missile attack on Dimona.
The strike, which affected Dimona and Arad, wounded 115 people. Of those, 12 suffered serious injuries.
She was evacuated to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba with major bleeding, along with several severe injuries such as liver damage — shrapnel fragments punctured her abdomen, tore a blood vessel and damaged her bile duct.
Once she was stabilized, she was transferred to Schneider Children’s Medical Center, where she underwent several successful surgeries and was sent home earlier in the week, the hospital reported Thursday.
The relieved father expressed his gratitude in a statement.
“We went through moments that cannot be described in words,” he said.
“We saw our daughter fighting for her life, and the team at Schneider never gave up on her, not even for a moment. Thanks to them, she is with us today. We have no words to thank everyone involved for their professionalism, dedication and compassion.”
Dr. Michael Gurevich, one of the surgeons who treated the child, said that the case was a “complex, multi-system injury with immediate life-threatening risk.”
“An intensive team effort involving multiple surgical disciplines was required to stabilize her condition and repair the damage to the liver and biliary system,” he said.
“Fortunately, thanks to rapid intervention and continued care, we were able to save her life.”
Schneider Children’s is a top-tier pediatric hospital and recently made the news for performing four transplants in one day — something very few hospitals in the world are equipped to do.
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