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"Dr. Nazih Zuhdi passed away in Oklahoma City this morning...
In 1964, Dr. Zuhdi was the first surgeon in the world to have a pregnant mother and child survive open-heart surgery... his inventions have saved the lives of millions across the globe, and his surgical techniques are now standard practice in every cardiac and transplant operating room in the world.
Dr. Zuhdi was a Syrian immigrant..."
sobermoose
Me: wow such a good post, good man. Aaaand now it's political. Great. Thanks op.
DDAY99
Barry Manilow is getting old
AleksandarK
Humanity will always win.
Richardglute
More like this man lived a great life and left a wonderful legacy..
JustMare
May he R.I.P.....
ismellmagicmarkers
(1) One of his sons was a good friend & golf buddy of mine. Dr. Zuhdi's biggest accomplishment was probably the development of total
ismellmagicmarkers
2) intentional hemodilution, a concept which allowed for a heart/lung machine (keeps the patient alive during transplants) which needed no
ismellmagicmarkers
donor blood to operate. This changed the way heart or lung transplants were performed worldwide. It was a huge breakthrough. RIP Dr.Zuhdi
PropainAndPropainAccesories
Nice political slide in at the end and exploitation of a great mans death to push an agenda. Sigh. Can we just say a great man passed?
cleverbeans
Of course not, lives are at stake. People aren't just going to forget all the damage being done until it stops being done.
hailchaserdfw
Dr. Zuhdi was a great man. I remember going over the "haunted Zuhdi bridge" when I was a kid. A pioneer in his field to say the least.
Baja2185
Legal Syrian immigrant?
PackardGoose
Fuck you. Syria wasn't a hotbed for shitty terrorists in the 60s was it?
andshewillbe
I'm pretty sure this man operated on my mom. She's passed now but I think I remember seeing him.
Alemiir
Fuck Yeah! Oklahoma with our Heart Surgeons and our Weathermen. Though, seriously, it is an unfortunate death.
bruudwin
http://newsok.com/legendary-heart-surgeon-dr.-nazih-zuhdi-dies-at-age-91/article/5537317
LeechyNuts
tl;dr nurse jackie was a really good surgeon
bruudwin
Oklahoman here, didn't even notice about this in recent news.?.. damn :(
bruudwin
ah. had to scroll down the news more :( http://newsok.com/legendary-heart-surgeon-dr.-nazih-zuhdi-dies-at-age-91/article/5537317
bigmrt
Syrian? Ban him. And his kind! Go Trump go (hopefully you dump asses know sarcasm)
jeandolly
Ellen Degeneres in drag was my first thought.
FaceBookAI
This version is way more interesting than her
SleepingWithNeedles
Scrolled down for this comment. All I see is Ellen.
purrcat
Barry Manilow?
thebenLord
I see what op was trying to do here, and I joined him in applauding a great man. But the argument that there is one good person who came 1/2
thebenLord
Here from Syria, and therefore we should let them all in, is as inane as there is one bad person from Syria and we shouldn't let any in.2/2
cleverbeans
So you're saying rescuing these people from radical terrorists so they can rebuild a life here is going to endanger us? Sounds silly to me.
Pulsar07
When did he say you should let them all in? His point was simply that they're not all bad. And most importantly, to honor a "great man".
JeffGoldbum
Oh thank God Barry Manilow is still with us.
MarshallDaemon
This reminds me of those "pick one to abort" posts. Oh, jeez, I'm sorry I saved Hitler.
dirtykanzan
Wow, I didn't know Barry Manilow was a surgeon or an immigrant. Learn something new every day on here.
HandsomeJack19
You want a piece of my heart? You better start from the start. You want to be in the show? C'mon baby, let's go.
jqdao3
How did he get that child pregnant!!!!?
mkjohnson74
First Steve Jobs, now this guy? I was told Syrians were brown like all the other "undesirables"?
Buck39
brasky456
Fuck, I thought this was Bob Kelso for a minute.
darthheyburt
Michael Bolton
JuanMoreNight
I thought it all Ellen
JuanMoreNight
*was
TheDTYP
Same, my heart skipped a beat
connorcat
I'm so glad I'm not alone.
SuperSunshineRainbow
He would be great for a movie about this doctor!
theshrektacularshrek
For a second, I thought I saw Michael Rosen.
samsonguy920
So, maybe he's the Syrian Bob Kelso?
Takavos
That is literally the only reason i clicked on this for a scrubs post.
ratcamper
You aren't the only one. I almost feel bad about it. Almost.
Super90nova
So glad I'm not the only one
Sugarcrotch
I actually thought it was Ellen in some get up
HaywoodJeDewmie
Ditto
IWasToldThereWouldBePie
If he and Ellen Degeneres had a kid that was as old as Bob Kelso, this would be him.
Buck39
whoisFBlFishingbuddy
I did Nazih that coming. Sorry.
Agent
"Whats got two thumbs and is still alive? This guy!" *points at self with thumbs*
kimoisjames
We all did
tackleberry06
I thought it was a like skywalker - trump mix.
Ksjjjdnaja
He was Lebanese. Keep your politics out of this crap and just pay respect to an incredible doctor or don't even bother.
namesmemow
One sentence out of the paragraph about his accomplishments was about his ethnicity, and this is a quotation. Not my words. I should've 1/2
motherfluffer
Don't pay attention to these people they are not seeing the point. Thank you for the post.
namesmemow
Double checked my source. Turns out his father is Syrian but he was born in Lebanon. My mistake 2/2
cleverbeans
Lebanon doesn't grant citizenship on birth but rather from the father. He'd be Syrian under Lebanese law.
cyberspork
Even he was born in lebanon, that doesnt change the fact that he was Syrian. Jesus, do Italians born in America stop being Italians?
babyjoker
in Lebanon he and his family would still be seen as Syrians
ItWillAllWorkOut
Haha haha are you serious with that comment?
Jusmar
Yes. They're Italian-Americans and typically recognized as a citizen of the United States instead of Italy.
CaptainMinnette
In Lebanon, you aren't granted citizenship on birth. He was still born Syrian.
Jusmar
Furthermore, if his syrian-born father was a naturalized Lebanese(since he's permanently there) then he'd be a citizen of Lebanon.
Jusmar
Cool, the U.S isn't Lebanon. We have birthright citizenships so I answered his question.
BriocheAuChocolat
If their parents had Italian citizenship, then their baby would be recognized as an Italian citizen as well.
Jusmar
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthright_citizenship_in_the_United_States that's nice, but they're still Americans.
Ksjjjdnaja
Ah I gotcha. Yeah whoever wrote that clearly had an idea of the message they wanted to send. Shame because it detracts from his death.
wingnut98
He was from Lebanon not Syria, and as such wouldn't be subject to any immigration ban. Nice try OP.
GoCorral
Lebanon and Syria weren't as strictly defined 100 years ago. My family emigrated from sort of both ~1900. Changed after WW1 though.
TrustMeImABassist
I heard that Pence used to fund a shock therapy to chance lebanese girls to straight
TimothyHay
napoleon1st
So he would have to wait a mind boggling 90 days.
blaze1984
Doesn't matter. Who's to say world changing advances won't be discovered by people of those countries origin?
freedam
My dad loves to point out any and all successful Lebanese people. Even if they're barely Lebanese, he says we're all bound for success
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FreakOnAlisha
I was saying, why does it matter where he came from. He was awesome.
ArthurRiteThis
TBH I would give one
FreakOnAlisha
I don't believe where people come from have any bearing on their intelligence, apparently. The Foundation doesn't care either. No one should
ArthurRiteThis
Are you implying that I shouldn't give one
pvtwestbrook86
"He was a Syrian immigrant..." was obviously geared towards a certain mindset considering current events.
FreakOnAlisha
Aaand my comment was deleted. Ha!
Steed
More interested in the open heart mother/baby survival than where he's from.
RealEternifity
Lisbon and Syria are completely different places than they were in the 60s.
RealEternifity
Lebanon*
HermeneuticalQuandary
A comment like that shows very little understanding for that region's history. Lebanon didn't form until 1920 from Sykes Picot. He's Shami.
HermeneuticalQuandary
*For reference. Sham = Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Palestine) and Shami=Levantine.
OutdoorHuman
But can't it still speak to the wider narrative of "restricting access to certain countries unilaterally can have unintended affects"?
ManBunion
Also in 1967, global muslim terrorism groups weren't as large.
blaze1984
So it was a Muslim ban afterall?
cyberspork
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre Really? or did 5 years change everything
ManBunion
Shoot. Ok, ok. So what is eveyone saying with these downvotes im getting? That there has been no escalating? How is this helping--
ManBunion
--the debate against banning refugees? Humor me, you find a massacre within any 5 years in history. I was saying it seems like attacks--
ManBunion
--are getting more common. Im not pro-ban. People get mad quickly, lock on to biases, ignore evidence, etc. I dont mean to offend.
namesmemow
Thank you, I should've double checked my source. His father was Syrian but he was born in Lebanon. Still a vet accomplished man.
namesmemow
*very
dankknight
I notice you haven't edited your post to update your incorrect information OP
ArthurRiteThis
Wowow, I am very dissatisfied
apercent
The guy above proved it wrong
telbmarcthemagnificent
I noticed that you didn't redact your request for correction after the post was proven to be technically correct based on Lebanese laws.
namesmemow
Sorry, I don't know how
WiggleBum
You were actually right. Lebanon doesn't grant citizenship to those born there (jus sanguinis), so he is still syrian. He inherits the 1/2
WiggleBum
citizenship of his father. -A Lebanese citizen.
Groose
Seriously? Is there a simple reason behind that?
maamby
Jus Sanguinis versus Jus Soli - some states give citizenship by descent, others by place of birth. Just different approaches.
wingnut98
http://integrisok.com/nazih-zuhdi-transplant-institute-oklahoma-city-ok/about-nazih-zuhdi
Ksjjjdnaja
Thanks for sticking with the facts. Can't even pay respect to a great doctor without inserting politics into it.
Piornet
So your only take away from this is to defend the muslim ban that OP didn't even mention? That's far more telling than anything in the post.
BigForNothing
Its not a muslim ban.
Ksjjjdnaja
The point was kind of implied by tossing in that he was a "Syrian immigrant". If it didn't matter, why mention it?
BigForNothing
Implied by the media yes. The last administration spent 8 years with their heads in the sand. Its refreshing to see something being done.
jetpackabs
@OP's last line was clearly a political jab. "Dr. Zuhdi was a Syrian immigrant...". He even put ellipsis so you could fill in the blank.
namesmemow
*she, but regarding the ellipsis, this was a quotation so I left it as is. Not my words.
jetpackabs
Also, where was the quote from, since people are rebutting that Dr. Zudih is from Lebanon?
jetpackabs
I apologize for my mistake. You can settle the debate. Was there any political motivation involved in the post?
cyberspork
So...He WAS Syrian, but just born in Lebanon...
Jusmar
And thus a citizen of Lebanon.
kicksinchaos
Lebanon does not grant citizenship at birth, and only grants citizenship from the father's side. He may very well still be Syrian.
fortheloveofbutter
Yes. And even people who have traveled to banned countries can be denied entry per this ban.
Cyranojoe
Oh? This changes things up.
Jusmar
Unless his father was a Syrian naturalized to Lebanon
kicksinchaos
This is true. Either way, he is an excellent doctor and accomplished remarkable things that will continue to benefit people for some time.
Baja2185
Well legal immigration is fine. And the ban isn't permanent. It was a 90 day hold to review the vetting process.
IHazAwoken
The Syrian refugee part is indefinite. 90 days for the other countries
cleverbeans
It was also unconstitutional and shows us all exactly the level of ineptitude we can expect from him. He's not supreme ruler of America.
Baja2185
You should read that Constitution some time. It doesnt just mean "something I don't like"
DrSparken
Legal immigration isn't fine - a natural-born US Olympic athlete whose parents were from those countries was detained.
Baja2185
I was speaking of my personal beliefs. That said, I was not a proponent of the way trump enacted the policy. However, it was legal for him
Baja2185
To do what he did. It was just foolish.