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Russian kids get lifesaving heart surgeries
Quick ReadMikhail Zimin, 4, and Alina Klimakhina, 8 - both of whom arrived on Long Island on Thanksgiving weekend from the Ulyanovsk region of Russia - were born with holes in their hearts.
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Dr. Sean Levchuck sits with Alina Klimakhina, right, Mikhail Zimin and Lisa Curra- children he performed life-saving heart surgery at St. Francis Hospital. (December 18, 2009)
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They might have spoken through a translator, but two Russian mothers had no problems Friday expressing gratitude and joy for the lifesaving heart surgeries performed this week on their children at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn.
Mikhail Zimin, 4, and Alina Klimakhina, 8 - both of whom arrived on Long Island on Thanksgiving weekend from the Ulyanovsk region of Russia - were born with holes...
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