THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
40 Friday, May 15, 1981'
DETROIT AT SHAARE ZEDEK HOSPITAL.
PHYSICAL MEDICINE
AND REHABILITATION
DIALYSIS UNIT
In January 1980, the
8-bed Dialysis unit
endowed by the Detroit
Friends of Shaare Zedek
Hospital was moved from
its cramped quarters in the
old Shaare Zedek Hospital
to the new quarters in the
Medical Center. It is lo-
cated in a large, bright and
sunny wing on the sixth
floor of the Main Hospital
Building with its own
entrance and parking
areas. Fourteen patients
come to the Medical Cen-
ter three times a week and
spend four hours at a time
on comfortable reclining
couches, resting, reading
or quietly conversing with
family members who have
accompanied them, while
their blood is drained
through cellophane tubes
into the dialyser, where it
is cleaned and con-
tinuously circulated
through the body.
Reclining couches in the Dialysis Unit create a non-hospital
like atmosphere.
each bed, the new
custom-designed multi-
patient delivery system
produces enough dialy-
sate solution to serve up to
ten patients simultane-
ously. A major improv-
ment is that only a small
compact bedside dialysis
station can be seen by the
patient. The rest of the
sophisticated equipment
which serves all ten sta-
tions is installed in a sepa-
rate room with its own
plumbing and electrical
system.
central system also cleans
and sterilizes the bedside
stations.
PATIENT
SAFETY ASSURED '
Unlike the old machines,
where the dialysate solu-
tion had to be mixed man-
ually and cleaning the
machines was laborious
and time-consuming, the
central dialysate water
system measures and
mixes the solution auto-
matically, temperature
VAST IMPROVEMENT
— NEW MULTI-PATIENT and conductivity are con-
stantly monitored and the
DIALYSIS SYSTEM .
Unlike the old hemodialy- supply is automatically
sis machine, which was a shut off if there is any de-
bulky appliance with a clut- fect in the uniformity of the
ter of tubes, pipes and solution, ensuring com-
water tanks attached to plete patient safety. The
Adjoining the large adult
dialysis ward is a some-
what smaller room which
contains four hemo-
dialysis stations also
connected to the central
dialysis system. At first
glance, the room with its
brightly painted walls,
large colorful posters,
planters and aquarium
and toys and games, looks
like a playroom. Only
when one sees the wall
mounted panels, beds and
stations does it look like a
hospital treatment room.
HOME DIALYSIS PRO-
GRAM
Four more patients are
currently on "home
dialysis" under the super-
vision of Shaare Zedek's
Dialysis Division. They re-
ceive bath salts, tubing
and other equipment from
Shaare Zedek, come to
the Medical Center for
their monthly examina-
tions and any other -treat-
ment they require and
home visits are made by
the staff whenever neces-
sary.
central
The flexible
dialysis system can be
used with a large variety of
accessories in order to
best meet the individual
needs of each patient.
ISRAEL'S ONLY
PEDIATRIC
DIALYSIS UNIT —
TO SOLVE
CHILDREN'S SPECIAL
PROBLEMS
One of the most important
facilities in the Shaare
Zedek Medical Center is
the Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation Center. Lo-
cated on the sixth floor --
two floors above the main
entrance of the Medical
Center — in an area of
36,000 square feet, the
Center has its own
entrance and parking
facilities at grade level.
The contour of the land
provides a rise in the
ground level on one side of
the Medical Center which
makes it possible for re-
Four children are pre- habilitation patients to be
sently receiving treatment transported directly into
in the unit and several the Center without the
others are on a waiting list. necessity of going through
the hospital. As many of
Thirteen children have re- the persons using the
ceived hemodialisys and facilities of the Physical
many others have been and Rehabilitation Center
given temporary peri- are outpatients who come
toneal dialysis since the regularly for therapy, the
unit was moved to the
Medical Center. Of five
children who required
renal transplantation, four
transplants were suc-
cessful and only one child
rejected the kidney and is
back on dialysis. Dr. Druk-
ker points out that this re-
cord compares favorably
with that of any major med-
ical center in the world.
only Pediatric Dialysis Unit
in Israel headed by a
pediatric rfephrologist and
specially trained nurses,
social worker and play
therapist. "Most of the
children on hemodialysis
treatment in Israel, and
there are very few, are in
adult units," explains Dr.
Alfred Drukker, director of
Pediatric Nephrology
Services at Shaare Zedek.
"A far greater number with
terminal kidney failure are
not benefitting from
dialysis treatment."
In addition to the main unit
of the Dialysis department
the following individual
Dialysis projects have
been endowed by Detroit
supporters: The Krakovits
- Herczog - Schwarz
families — The Dialysis
Solution and Preparation
Room. Mrs. Pearl Nosan-
chuk — The Secretary's
Office and Reception
Room, the late Rose
Amber — The Chief
Shaare Zedek has the Physician's Room.
direct entrance is impor-
tant.
In addition to providing in-
tensive rehabilitation pro-
grams for the depart-
ment's patients, the Cen-
ter will also handle
patients from nearly all the
hospital's medical de-
partments and outpatient
clinics, since rehabilita-
tion, occupational therapy
and psysiotherapy have
now become a vital and in-
tegral part of every mod-
ern comprehensive medi-
cal complex.
Intradepartmental
facilities include hyd-
rotherapy and a therapeu-__
tic swimming pool; electri-
cal therapy; a speech
therapy center; vocational
guidance and testing cen-
ter; an inpatient pavilion
with 41 beds for rehabilita-
tion patients; outpatient
areas including waiting
rooms; a gymnasium; staff
offices and other adminis-
trative facilities. The Oc-
cupation Therapy Unit fea-
tures large rehabilitation
workshops equipped for
either "quiet" or "noisy"
activities.
In'1978 the Detroit Friends
C.)
raised the funds to endow
one of these rehabilitation
workshops. Other Detroit
projects in the are _ a are:
The Department Head's
Office — endowed by our
group in honor of Rabbi
Joshua Sperka and a
Three-Bed Patient Room
given by Mr. and Mrs. Max
Nosanchuk.
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The children's day room in the New Shaare Zedek Medical Center
and endowment of Mrs. Norman Barcus of Oak Park.
Dr. David Maeir, Director General of the Shaare Zedek Medical
Center, presents founder stone to Sam Cohodas, 1980 Guest of
Honor. Mr. Max Nosanchuk was the chairman of the dinner.
Mrs. Pearl Nosanchuk a participant InAbe 1980 Shaare Zedek
Israel Mission visits with the President at his residence. Next to
Mrs. Nosan are her sister, Mrs. Rose Rod and her granddaughter
Julie Schubot who lives in Israel.
For information regarding Founderships and Endowments call Alex Roberg, Chairman,
Detroit Friends of Shaare Zedek Hospital . . . 544-8412
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