Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 August 1979 — Page 10
Israel As I See It
$50 Million Shaare Zedek Hospital Opens
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| By SAMSON KflUPNICK ^ Monday. July 16 was a red letter day for Jerusalem. For Shaare Zedek Hospital it was tiie culmination of years of hoping, planning, striving and
struggling.
-aai On this day, ^ 'Ik m Shaare Zedek
moved into its
< Krupnick new Medical Center opposite Mount Herzl. Symbolically, maternity and neonatology were the first departments moved into new spacious quarters equipped with the very latest and most modern facilities comparable to the finest in the entire world. Much research had gone into the planning. Hospitals in Sweden, Switzerland, Britain, the United States and Canada had been visited and the latest innovations in equipment, facilities and techniques of top medical care had been observed carefully. The new Medical Center reflects these up to the moment improvements. Four of the 10 floors are underground, constituting a completely in-
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dependent hospital operative immediately in the event of war of a sudden emergency. All 10 floors are self-sufficient in every respect with all facilities available in each room and direct contact maintained between the central service station and each patient. IN ADDITION, much research has gone into the development of the techniques of operating a modern hospital with full adherence to halacha. Outstanding rabbinic scholars, in cooperation with the Institute of Science and Halacha have worked diligently to devise numerous innovations enabling the hospital to provide complete medical care at all times while observing Jewish tradition to the fullest. Involved were the solutions for complicated problems regarding Sabbath observance, kashrut, medical research, etc. New' techniques now used at Shaare Zedek are perfectly applicable to industry and to services in other fields interested in the observance of halacha without reducing production or impairing efficiency. At long last on this happy day the new Medical Center has become a reality with the first contingent moving in. A
second stage involving surgery recovery patients will take place on August 15 and the final stage will complete the total transfer from the 90-year-old building on Jaffa Street to the new center on Sept. 15. In use will be some 500 beds, twice the number of the old building. Ultimately this number will be doubled, making Shaare Zedek General Hospital the largest medical center in Jerusalem. The 100,000 square meter structure is the biggest single construction project in Jerusalem. The total cost has passed the $50
million mark.
CONCURRENT with this significant event in Jerusalem’s medical history was another symbolic ceremony that pinpointed
achievement and excellence in productivity and in outstanding service. The occasion was the 26th annual presentation of the prestigious Kaplan Awards to 12 institutions and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Israel’s industry, science and services. The sponsor was the Institute for Productivity and Efficiency. Among the awardees, received by President Navon and by Minister of Labor and Welfare, Dr. Israel Katz, were the Shaare Zedek emergency teams, veterans of many sudden calls for services to vie-, tims of explosions and other terrorist acts in the Jerusalem
area.
The new Medical Center Emergency Section is the
product of these mass experiences. It has taken into account all contingencies. Director General Professor David M Maier and Director of the Emergency Department. Dr. Yaakov Adler, are acknowledged world experts in the handling of mass casualty operations and have been honored for their contribution to the general knowledge of advanced techniques in this field. On this significant day, the traditional blessing given to a new medical center is “May all your maternity beds ever be filled to capacity and the others stand ready — but
hopefully not needed.”
(Samson Krupnick may be reached at 22 Pinsker St.,
Jerusalem, Israel.)
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This is a letter, not a column, from our prized young writer, Yossi Klein. We’re using it first (the column will appear next week) because we feel the information relayed to me is vital to the understanding of what is transpiring in Israel. We hope Yossi will not feel offended in our using a personal letter in
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Dear Gabe,
possibly worst of all — moral. People no longer share a common vision, or even — and this is a new' phenomenon for Israel — a bottom line of national consensus on securi-
ty.
Even the subject of Jerusalem is up for grabs. The motto in Israel is: “Buy today.” Buy anything: color tvs (even though Israel Television does not broadcast in color), cars,
Hope all is well with you. an >’ absurd imported luxury. _ a- r i n a. AqiHp frnm th#* nhvimiQ fart
My trip to Israel — the first
since 1976 — gave much food for thought. I wish I had good news to tell you about * the country, but * what I found was chaos: political, social, economic and
Aside from the obvious fact that sooner or later this artificial prosperity is going to collapse, the result of this inflationary buying spree is to undermine the idealism and will of the people, who are be-
coming as addicted to middle class luxuries as the spoiled
JAPS closer to home here. THE ARMY is in bad
shape, according to friends of mine who are serving. Morale is low, and the report on the Lebanese invasion last year — which is only now being leaked piecemeal in the Israeli press — indicates that the same mistakes made in the Yom Kippur War (poor maintenance of tanks, keys lost to warehouses, poor communications, poor officer leadership and slack discipline) were repeated almost verbatim in Operation Litani. In other words — we
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A Bankrupt Policy For many, many years Israel’s labor leaders have sought to convince the country that Israel’s best foreign allies are to be found in the ranks of the Socialist and leftist groups on the international scene. The disastrous policies of the British Labor Government led by Ernest Bevin failed to convince Israel’s laborites otherwise, and they continued to press for alliances with the labor elements in every country, insisting that the latter are Israel’s best friends. As a sign of solidarity with world Socialism the Israel Labor Party still observes May First as its Labor Day, and still flies the red flag, the symbol of the international movement. This policy has survived many failures and disappointments, but even the most hardened Israeli laborite finds it difficult to defent the recognition and royal welcome afforded to terrorist chief Yasser Arafat by the Socialist International, which was holding a session at Vienna. The two top leaders of the world Socialist body. Chancellor Bruno Kreisky of Austria, and Willy Brandt, of Germany, rolled out the red carpet for Arafat and afforded him the status of a distinguished head of a major power, oblivious of the fact that his hands are red with the blood of innocent women and children. Kreisky went out to the airport to greet Arafat personally on arrival. * Only a year ago Israel’s labor leader, Shimon Peres, had met with Kreisky and Brandt and had proudly let it be known that Israel could rely on the friendship and support of world Socialism. Today Peres is crestfallen, but even more, the whole idea of building Israel’s foreign policy on alliance with Socialist parties and Governments should now be recognized as finished, bankrupt, dead! — A.C.