Iranian boy gets cancer treatment in Israel

[sabra]

Source: Reuters

TEL HASHOMER, Israel, Oct 10 (Reuters) - A 13-year-old cancer victim from Iran came to Israel for treatment on Friday, the hospital which received him said, attracting media interest in a country used to decades of hostility with Tehran.

The boy, who has an advanced brain tumour, had travelled from Turkey with his parents after undergoing surgery as well as chemotherapy and radiotherapy in Iran that failed to cure him, Chaim Sheba Medical Centre director Zeev Rotstein said.

Turkish doctors who examined the boy advised his family to seek help at Sheba, which has an international reputation and experience in treating patients from countries that have no diplomatic ties with Israel, Rotstein told Reuters.

"He has been suffering from the tumour for more than a year," Rotstein said. "We are doing our best, in the knowledge that his chances are not very good."

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[Bigleaf]

1. Fuck, it's amazing what we humans are capable of if we rise above all the bullshit.

I hope this boy gets a miracle and can recover.

[billyoc]

2. Best wishes for a long, happy life to the boy.

Maybe he'll grow up to be the Grand Ayatolla and say, "fuck it, Irsael's cool with us.".

[dipsydoodle]

3. That's cool.

Restores your faith in human nature.

[JonQ]

4. This part is terrible:

"Sheba declined to give the boy's name, citing concern that his family could face legal problems when they return to Iran. The boy and his parents received permission to enter the Jewish state from the Israeli embassy in Ankara."

They had to get permission from the Turks to treat their son because they couldn't from their own government.

I'm glad he is ok, I just hope it doesn't come back to get him or his parents.

[angstlessk]

5. this reminds me to the days when the USSR and US relationships

were beginning to turn..I just hope this is the start of better relationships between Islam and Isreal?

[judasdisney]

6. FACT: More Jews live in Iran than any other Mid-East nation except Israel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Iran#Islamic_republic_.28since_1979.29

http://www.csmonitor.com/cgi-bin/durableRedirect.pl?/durable/1998/02/03/intl/intl.3.html

[ohio2007]

7. Sheba declined to give the boy's name, citing concern that his family could face

Sheba declined to give the boy's name, citing concern that his family could face legal problems when they return to Iran. The boy and his parents received permission to enter the Jewish state from the Israeli embassy in Ankara.


How is this story spun in the Iranian MSM ?
Did anybody find a link yet?

[UndertheOcean]

8. Beautiful Story . Too bad the boy's condition is hopless

cancer is a scourge.

[LeftishBrit]

9. Agree on both counts