Dr. Novick returned to Zagreb, Croatia where he operated on children with congenital heart defects from 1993 to 2003 – a time when Croatia lacked the specialists and proper equipment required to perform complex surgeries for children with heart defects.
Dozens of his previous patients welcomed Dr. Novick.
…when someone is hungry and good people give him bread, he did the opposite, he taught us how to prepare that bread and after he left, we really developed ourselves.”