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In January 2020, InS\u00e9 Onlus Foundation, which has managed the paediatric ward in Kimbondo for the last 14 years, gets in touch with Flying Angels and shares Joyce\u2019s story with us.\nIn the meantime, the Covid19 emergency starts to become a global threat, and would soon get out of proportion.<\/p>\n
InS\u00e9 Foundation writes: \u201cOur young patient urgently needs a paediatric cardiac surgery. Bambino Ges\u00f9 Hospital, in Rome, has examined his medical records, and is willing to welcome Joyce and operate on him. He will be admitted on February 25th\u201d.<\/p>\n
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Flying Angels immediately takes action and finances his flight ticket. However, the flight that should have brought Joyce to Italy is cancelled shortly after, due to the Covid pandemic.
\nFlying Angels manages to quickly provide another ticket, which allows Joyce to get here on time for his life-saving surgery.<\/p>\n
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When Joyce is admitted in Bambino Ges\u00f9 Hospital, he is in a more critical state than expected: after a series of examinations, he is finally operated on April 2nd in Rome.\nThe surgery goes extremely well, and Joyce, who is strong and brave, recovers sooner than expected.<\/p>\n
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In the meantime, all international transfers are blocked because of the pandemic, and Joyce cannot go back to Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
\nHis mom, worried and so far away, is anxious to see him finally healed, and give him a much needed hug.<\/p>\n
The airline Joyce has travelled with before cannot guarantee the return flight.\nHis return is postponed until May, then until June, as the airline keeps cancelling their flights: Congo is still off limits because of the pandemic.\nBut Flying Angels manages to contact the only airline that grants access to Congo from Europe, and finally, after six long months, Joyce can go back home to his mom.<\/p>\n
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