Leading medical aid organizations have arranged to fly
children to Switzerland to participate in Chaim Leyeled
summer camps for cystic fibrosis and lung patients.
Two doctors who specialize in cystic fibrosis have been
placed at the camp's disposal by Prof. Eitan Kerem, director
of the Pediatric Department and the Cystic Fibrosis Unit at
Hadassah-Mt. Scopus Hospital. The doctors will remain in
close contact with the treating physicians arriving from all
parts of Eretz Yisroel. The treating physicians will receive
information sheets prepared by each child's doctor noting the
child's condition based on an examination shortly before the
departure date and the type of treatment required.
Based on a recommendation by adman Benny Gal, Cellcom has
decided to supply the camp doctors and director with free
cell phones that will allow them to maintain constant contact
with the children's respective doctors and hospitals in
Israel.
During their stay in Switzerland they will have an extensive
array of medical equipment and expensive medications on hand.
The basic equipment requirements include a central oxygen
system and individual oxygen systems Chaim Leyeled will rent.
The patients also need frequently used medications and
medical equipment. Chaim Leyeled Chairman Dr. Reuven Sackler
submitted a long, detailed list of all the medical equipment
and drugs needed to HaRav Chananiyoh Cholek, chairman of Ezer
Mitzion, which agreed right away to meet the request.
Flying the children in El Al planes is a special operation in
itself. Chaim Leyeled rented special oxygen tanks distributed
throughout the plane and attached to the seats. These tanks
cost thousands of dollars but can be critical. Last year and
in other cases it has been necessary to administer oxygen
after some of the passengers felt ill during the flight.
The staff will also have on hand special equipment for use in
the event a patient has to be evacuated, including advanced
in-flight treatment kits with special monitors used for lung
patients. This very expensive equipment is on loan from Ezra
Lemarpei, an organization headed by HaRav Elimelech Firrer
that provides medical assistance in various forms, including
flying patients abroad.
