The three-month-old infant admitted to Schneider Children's
Hospital one month ago due to her Remedia diet was released
four days after having a pacemaker implanted into her heart.
Her father, Hillel Breuer, said, "We feel like a new daughter
was born to us."
Four other Remedia victims remain hospitalized. The baby at
Assaf HaRofei in Tzrifin has improved dramatically and is now
slated for discharge. Another infant hospitalized at
Schneider is still in serious condition. Two other infants
were transferred from Schneider to Sheba Hospital in Ramat
Gan for rehabilitation. They both suffer from extensive
neurological damage, but are in stable condition.
The infant who received the heart implant was the only one
among the Remedia victims who needed a pacemaker, but three
days after the operation she recovered dramatically said Dr.
Rami Fogelman, director of the Unit for Heartbeat
Irregularities at Schneider Hospital's Cardiac Institute.
According to Dr. Fogelman the infant developed a unique
disturbance that obstructed the transfer of electricity in
the heart between the atrium and the ventricles. The
pacemaker should allow her to function normally, growing and
developing like any other child.
Dr. Fogelman said when the patient arrived one month ago she
suffered from a lowered state of consciousness and
neurological damage, but the Vitamin B-1 supplements helped
remedy all of the impairments diagnosed except for the heart
irregularity.
