3/22/2010 - TRANSIT CENTER AT MANAS, Kyrgyzstan (AFNS) -- In an age when Americans are able to vote for a healthcare bill when they are dissatisfied with the current plan, many people around the world, including in Kyrgyzstan, struggle to afford surgery without any health insurance at all. So, American Airmen from the Transit Center have rallied together, raising or donating funds for what are now 150 heart surgeries for children in Kyrgyzstan, totaling more than $75,000. The 150th surgery happened March 17 when 14-year-old Firuza Nurahunova, who suffered from congenital heart disease since birth, successfully underwent an aortic valve...