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. •;; .:• . . ... ............................................ 4te 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 4 , ■ .4, 0. it. c . •