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HEALTH TO ISRAEL ...showcasing the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center
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5-1/2 YEAR OLD DIABETIC GIRL FLOWN FROM RUSSIAN TO ASSAF HAROFEH FOR OPERATION
The daughter of Chabad emissaries in Russia, suffering from a high fever was in a small hospital an hours flight from Moscow. During the tests she underwent, it was discovered that she had diabetes. From abroad, her worried parents contacted the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center and a medical team consisting of an endocrinologist and a diabetes specialist, Prof. Zvi Bistritzer, head of the Pediatric B Department and Mrs. Gila Lavie, attending nurse in the Pediatric B Department as well as the appropriate medical equipment were quickly organized and left on Thursday. At 4:00 early Friday morning, the medical team and young girl landed in Israel.
She was admitted to the Pediatric Department where the blood sugar levels in her body were stabilized. .The girl came with a very high sugar level of 480. Today, her condition has greatly improved and her blood sugar level has gone down to 160, said Prof. Bistritzer. In the next few days, we will continue to stabilize her condition and will teach her parents how to deal with a child who has juvenile diabetes, he added. It should also be mentioned that sometimes a fever will cause the onset of diabetes.
This is the second time in the past few weeks that a girl has been flown from Russia to Assaf Harofeh. A month ago, a premature baby, whose life was in danger, was flown from Russia to Assaf Harofeh where her life was saved.
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