But when I was on the phone with him, asking why he'll do this surgery -- this was a very high-risk surgery -- his answer was that, in this other nation, these children were going to be treated very badly, and so he had to do this.
perguntando porque ele ia fazer essa cirurgia - esta era uma cirurgia de alto-risco - a sua resposta foi que, nesta outra nação, estas crianças iam ser mal-tratadas, e por isso tinha de o fazer.