Ziv Koren / Heartbeat

Yagel

Yagel Maimon, 11½, from Sderot, underwent open heart surgery and was treated in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Schneider.

 
 
Yagel, 6 years old
Yagel, 11½ years old
 
 

Ziv Koren, an awardwinning docu-photographer, volunteered to document daily hospital routine and special moments taking place within the walls of Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel. Five years later, Ziv Koren returned to the hospital and photograph those same children again in a similar location – and healthy.