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The socialized medical com-
munity was still hospital based
at the time, Dr. Kutner ex-
plained, leaving many patients
with a waiting time between di-
agnosis and surgical treatment
of up to two years.
"We thought, 'Why should
they have to wait one or two
years in Israel for elective
surgery where in America it is a
one-week wait?' " Dr. Novetsky
said.
Dr. Kutner slowly convinced
the Israeli medical community,
through his efforts to heal the
immigrants served by the clinic,
that the procedures could be
done on an outpatient basis at
local clinics rather than in hos-
pitals.
Drs. Novetsky and Loewen-
thal, both with the Vision Insti-
tute in Sterling Heights and
Warren, heard of the effort
through .a news story- and offered
their help. Together with Dr.
Kutner, they broadened their
base to include bringing the Is-
raeli doctors up to speed on new-
er medical techniques.
They also have learned how
to bring fairly expensive and so-
phisticated equipment into coun-
tries.
"I was told by someone who
had done it before not to jump
up and down once you have
cleared customs," Dr. Novetsky
said, adding that customs offi-
cials track people through the
airports with video cameras even
after they've made it through the
search.
But mostly, the trio, along
with a board of four nonmedical
volunteers, has learned that
what they sweat so hard to ac-
complish pays off in ways bigger
than a paycheck ever could. Like
other doctors who volunteer
their services overseas, their
payment comes from a spiritual
fulfillment.
These doctors feel they are ful-
filling a mitzvah.
Dr. Loewenthal recalled treat-
ing a recent Russian immigrant,
a large man with a thick, black
beard and an eye disease that
had rendered him blind for eight
years. The day after the Ameri-
can doctors performed surgery
to correct the problem, they vis-
ited him again to remove the
bandages.
"He walked across the room
to me, wrapped his arms around
me. He literally lifted me in the
air and spun me around the
room," Dr. Loewenthal said.
"How can you ask for more than
that?" 0
For more information
about Project Vision or to
make a donation, call Dr.
Loewenthal at (810)254-1770
or Dr. Kutner at (404) 577-
8670, or write Proj ect Vision
Inc., 353 Parkway Drive,
N.E., Atlanta, GA 30312.
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