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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
HADASSAH HEADLINES
19111 W. 10 Mile Rd., Southfield 48075 •357-2920
GREATER DETROIT CHAPTER OF HADASSAH
Joan Provizer, Editor
Annette Meskin, President
THE MAN IN THE ELASTIC BANDAGE PRESSURE SUIT
Jerusalem . . There is a
man seen driving through
the Jerusalem streets who
looks like Claude Raines in
the Invisible Man. His
name is Avi Suissa, and he
was a soldier who sustained
third-degree burns over 85
percent of his body when his
tank was hit on the Syrian
front in Lebanon.
Avi has survived because
of the great skill of the staff
in the Plastic Surgery De-
partment and in the Re-
habilitation Medicine Cen-
ter of the Hadassah-Hebrew
University Medical Center,
as well as because of his own
will to live.
In six-months time he has
left the hospital . . . even
managing to drive a car
bue he must wear an elastic
bandage pressure suit 24
hours a day for the next 12
to 18 months to protect his
skin so that the scars do not
become elevated.
This suit encases the
entire body, including his
head and face, with holes for
his eyes, mouth and nose,
and only his ears showing.
It is especially measured to
fit tightly. Because of his
appearance he had had to go
on Israel television to ap-
peal to the public not to ac-
cost him.
"I've been arrested twice
by the police as a robbery
suspect, and I have been at-
tacked in the streets," Avi
says. "But I don't let these
episodes get me down be-
cause I know that I am on
the road to recovery —
thanks to the exceptionally
devoted treatment and
care I received at both
Hadassah Hospitals at Ein
Karem and at Mount
Scopus."
Avi, 22 years old, is reli-
gious — a Yeshiva
graduate. He was wounded
on the fifth day of the war,
when the tank in which he
was a gunner was Hit and
burst into flames. Because
of heavy artillery fire, it was
difficult to evacuate him
and he reached Hadassah
by helicopter a full 24 hours
after he was burned.
For two months he was
under intensive care in the
Burns Unit of the Plastic
Surgery Department, which
has strict regulations con-
cerning contamination.
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The Greater Detroit Chapter of
Hadassah
featuring
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Tuesday, June 7, 1983
Congregation Beth Achim
2100 West Twelve Mile Road
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Donation: $8.00
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Kindly send reservation form with check to:
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Newman,
Phyllis
nominating chairman has
announced that the slate of
officers for the Greater De-
troti Chapter of Hadassah
for 1983-1984. President
Diane Klein; Education
Vice President, Marcia
Kersch; Fund-Raising Vice
President, Susan Yorke;
Membership Vice
President, Marilyn Pic-
kover; Program Vice
President, Edith Stone;
Area Vice Presidents, Doris
August, Bea Breiner, Bar-
bara Gutman, Joan Pro-
vizer, Peggy Shafir and
Marion Stein; Treasurer,
Marilyn Ash; Correspond-
ing Secretary, Susan Rose;
Financial ' Secretary,
Paulette Borin; Recording
Secretary, Harrilee Shevin.
The new officers will be
installed on Tuesday, Mune
7 at the luncheon meeting
at Congregation Beth
Achim. Groups that have
made their fund-raising and
membership quotas will
also be given their awards
that day.
THREE SUMMER TRIPS PLANNED
Diane Klein, president-elect of the Greater Detroit
Chaper of Hadassah recently announced plans for three
summer.tours. The very popular 'Historical Jewish Detroit'
tour will be repeated on Thursday, June 23. Since this is a
very popular tour and space is limited to the capacity of one
bus, reservations will be accepted from members and asso-
ciates only.
A matinee performance of 'As You Like It' will be
featured on a day at Stratford, Ontario on Wednesday, June
29. Buses will depart and return to a Southfield location
and there will be a gourmet box lunch. On Wednesday, July
20 bus transportation will again be provided for the open-
ing day of the Ann Arbor Art Fair. Transportation will be
provided from 'a Southfield location and will take
passengers directly to the exhibit area.
Registration forms will be mailed shortly to all Hadas-
sah members.
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household items to the HADASSAH THRIFT
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Each month we note the names of those dear ones for whom a benefactor has endowed a Yahrzeit to be
observed in perpetuity in the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem, within its beautiful
Synagogue crowned with the stained glass windows by Marc Chargall. Subscription is Seven hundred fifty
dollars.
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Sister Carol Ritter, center, receiving the Myrtle Wreath
Award at a recent luncheon at Meadowbrook Hall. With her
in the picture are left to right, Linda Berlin, Life Membership
Chairman; Doris Chandler, Chairman of the Day; Marilyn
Pickover, Membership Vice President; and Annette Meskin,
President of Greater Detroit Chapter of Hadassah.
YAHRZEIT IN ISRAEL
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"The chances of Avi's sur-
vival were absolutely min-
imal," Dr. Menachem
Wexler, head of the depart-
ment says. "We applied the
latest methods known in the
treatment of burns. For in-
stance, we cut away all of
the damaged tissues to
avoid infection and we car-
ried out special local treat-
ments, using antibiotics
and , hyperalimenation (the
provision of nutrients arti-
ficially). Avi underwent no
fewer than six difficult op-
erations where skin was
transplanted from parts of
his body which healed spon-
taneously, mainly the chest
and stomach, and grafted on
to badly burnt areas."
In order to help the in-
jured tissues to recover, Ari
had to have great quantities
of proteins and fats, which
he obtained either from
fresh foods, even when he
had to force himself to eat,
or from nutrients adminis-
tered by tubal drip.
Throughout, the patient
showed tremendous
willpower. He says: "A few
years ago, I would not have
survived, but today there
has been great progress in
burns treatment.
Chapter Slate Announced
Cordially invites you to to luncheon and Installation
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