PROJECT KIDS WORLDWIDE
PHOTO COLLECTION
Lirjon
Rexhaj's Photo Album
New York, NY- (April 24, 2002) - On Thursday, April 18th, NYU Medical
Center's Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stephen Colvin, MD, performed
life-saving heart surgery on Lirjon Rexhaj, a 7-year old boy from
Kosova, with congenital heart disease. Lirjon was born in the Kosova
Republic of Yugoslavia during regional battles that engulfed the Balkan
states in the 1990s. The family became refugees following the Serbian
invasion, compromising his health even further. Following peace settlements,
the family returned to Kosovo to find their home burned to the ground.
Regional hospitals were unequipped to perform the life-saving heart
surgery he needed to survive.
The child's surgery was made possible through Project Kids Worldwide,
a non-profit organization, co-founded by Dr. Colvin and Dennis Schwesinger,
Director of the Cardiac and Vascular Program at NYU Medical Center.
Project Kids Worldwide collaborates with international social agencies
in medically underserved regions, identifying poor children in need
of medical care and bringing them to the United States for life-saving
heart surgery or other complex health services.
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