Portland doctors optimistic about sick Iranian baby
By Reuters
05 February 2017 |
4:37 am
Doctors in Portland, Oregon say they will perform heart surgery on a 4-month-old Iranian baby whose arrival in the U.S. for treatment has been delayed by President Donald Trump's travel ban.
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