Patient stories

About a month ago, an advanced portable artificial heart system was brought from Germany to Israel especially for Riram. Thanks to this “heart in a suitcase,” she became mobile and was able to attend her older brother’s wedding, which was obviously a joyous highlight of the family event.

Alice is currently 6 years old. She was pre-diagnosed with Marfan syndrome at birth; when she was 2 years old, we ran a genetic test in Israel that confirmed the diagnosis.

For the past eight years, Jeremiah and Aishetu Onubi have been travelling from their homeland Nigeria to Sheba Medical Center in Israel. Jeremiah is a professional medical specialist who served as the director of a military hospital in Nigeria for many years.

AM was diagnosed with aplastic anemia in January 2018. Her erythrocyte, thrombocyte and neutrophil counts were extremely low. The six months of treatment she had in her country did not bring any results.

Let me tell you a little bit about myself. My name is Makpal and I am from Kazakhstan. I was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2008, in a clinic in Almaty, Kazakhstan. We had to choose between Germany, Turkey and Israel for treatment. Based on the recommendation of our relative, who had undergone treatment at Sheba Medical Center, to arrange all treatment details with the International Medical Tourism Division – we decided to go to Israel.

In 2016, I was diagnosed with prostrate adenocarcinoma (prostate cancer) with a Gleason score of 6. This was the worst news I had received in a long time. It was frustrating and depressing. Many thoughts ran through my mind without any clear source of hope. I shared the news with my family, who were all horrified just pondering the ultimate implications. After overcoming the shock, I realized that I had to take action and sought advice from several sources.