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02-06-2007, 05:20 PM
Doctors at CEDIMAT in the government hospital complex Plaza de la Salud have saved the life of 15-year old Hairo Rodriguez Cruz, who suffered from rheumatic cardiopathy, complicated by bacterial endocarditis. Rodriguez had one of the valves in his heart replaced. The valve that was replaced had been infected. The young boy from Bayona, in western Santo Domingo says that he eventually wants to play baseball and ride his bike. The success of Rodriguez's operation comes on the heels of Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez's much-publicized triple bypass surgery at the same facility. In today's Listin Diario, the Cardinal revealed that he had received many offers and opportunities to have the surgery done abroad but he trusted the professionalism and abilities of the CEDIMAT staff.
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