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spanone

(135,823 posts)
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 10:23 AM Feb 2017

Trump travel ban leaves Iranian baby's heart surgery in limbo

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(CNN)An Iranian infant with a heart defect is entangled in President Trump's immigration ban -- and her extended family in Oregon is on an urgent mission to get her to the US for critical surgery.

Fatemeh's parents were scheduled to meet with doctors in Portland on February 5, but were barred from traveling from Tehran to Portland, Fatemeh's uncle, Samad Teghizadeh, told CNN Thursday.

Last month, Iranian doctors in Tehran told baby Fatemeh's family that the 4-month-old has structural abnormalities and two holes in her heart, but they lack the resources to treat the infant.

Fatemeh and her parents boarded a flight to Dubai on Saturday but they were rerouted back to Iran and told to reapply for a US visa in 90 days.


http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/politics/travel-ban-iranian-baby-heart-surgery-trnd/index.html
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Trump travel ban leaves Iranian baby's heart surgery in limbo (Original Post) spanone Feb 2017 OP
Europe should step in. They can be heroes. yeoman6987 Feb 2017 #1
 

yeoman6987

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1. Europe should step in. They can be heroes.
Fri Feb 3, 2017, 11:50 AM
Feb 2017

Our medical sucks anyway. Why not go to countries with better medical like Denmark or Sweden. Save the family money to. Good luck! I know Europe will come through for this baby.

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