A team of burn and plastic surgery specialists from Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, Israel, traveled to Haiti in January, where they delivered and operated the country’s first medical laser. The laser, donated by the New Jersey-based nonprofit Burn Advocates Network, is primarily used to treat pediatric patients suffering from catastrophic burns, a major health crisis in the Caribbean nation.

Sheba National Burn Center director Prof. Josef Haik and two Israeli colleagues mentored 30 surgeons, nurses, and therapists from six hospitals in Haiti and the Dominican Republic on how to use the laser and carry out other state-of-the-art care to reduce and alleviate disfiguring, painful and motion-restricting scarring.

Burn Advocates Network – Life-Saving Treatments To Children In Haiti from Through The Lens Studios on Vimeo.

The introduction of the Lumenis UltraPulse CO2 fractional laser to the Sacre Coeur Hospital in Milot constituted the first international satellite project of I-PEARLS (Israel Pediatric and Aesthetic Reconstructive Laser Surgery Center of Excellence), a recent partnership between Sheba and BAN creating the first laser treatment and research center in the Middle East focusing on healing pediatric burn survivors.

Read More: Times of Israel

Related Articles:

Anti-Israel institutions highlight how the world’s wisdom is foolishness to God

"For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, ‘He catches the wise in their own craftiness.’" - 1 Corinthians 3:19 Governments, global bodies, legal...

Why Israel is right to ban UNWRA

Israel has banned UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. The decision didn’t come out of the blue. The Jewish state has been warning the UN and international community for years...

Netanyahu’s assassination attempt is a reminder to pray for Israel’s leaders

The drone strike on Prime Minister Netanyahu’s home is an important reminder to continue praying for the protection of Israel’s leaders.Benjamin Netanyahu’s house in Caesarea was struck...

Why is Al-Jazeera still on air in Britain?

It is a well-known fact that Al-Jazeera is a propaganda machine against Israel. The Qatari funded broadcaster has long been accused of institutional bias against Israel. But Al-Jazeera’s...

Joyfully praising God in Zion

Tonight marks the end of Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, a feast mandated by God as a joyous time of celebration. This is the most joyful time of year for Jews. Families...

Subscribe to start receiving FREE TORCH magazines from CUFI UK