Gift Aids Sinai

DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital
has received a $200,000 chari-

table gift from the Aaron and Helen

DeRoy Testamentary Foundation,
based in Southfield.

The funds were used to expand

and enhance clinical facilities for
patients having cardiac catheteriza-

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tions, radiology and other special

procedures. The DeRoy Foundation
gift also provided new cardiac moni-
tors and nurses' workstations for

this special procedures area.
Facility expansion was needed

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because of the hospital's successful

emergency angioplasty program for
cardiac patients; the program began
a year ago. The number of proce-

dures has exceeded projections
and additional space was required

to monitor the growing volume of

patients. Huron Valley-Sinai is the
only hospital in western Oakland
County that performs this procedure.

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The additional space also pro-
vides a treatment area for LDL

aphoresis, a form of dialysis for

patients with severely elevated LDL
cholesterol levels. Huron Valley-

On-Site Digital X-Ray Technology
• On-Site Stat Lab Facilities
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lac Stress Testing Available

Sinai began offering this procedure

in March. It is the third hospital in
southeast Michigan and the only

one in western Oakland County to
provide this treatment.

A previous DeRoy Testamentary
Foundation gift was used to

expand the hospital's Radiology
Department, including its online
filmless imaging system.

Focus: Responsibility

On Tuesday, March 31, at 7:30

p.m. Ruth Messinger, president of

American Jewish World Service, will
present "Jews as Global Citizens:

Our Responsibility in the World "
at Beth Israel Congregation, 2000

Washtenaw Ave., in Ann Arbor.

There is no charge for this event.
Speaking of her own experiences
in the developing world, Messinger

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e provision
of personal, timely and cost effective medical
care in a warm and friendly environment.

In addition to coughs, colds and infections
we commonly treat:

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Sprains • Strains • Fractures
Lacerations and Burns
Work, Auto and Sports Injuries
Eye Injuries

OR. tittD-Ek, medical director
at Lakes Urgent Care says
"Lakes Urgent Care was
created to provide patients
with a cost-effective, timely
alternative when they seek
quality medical care and
are unable to see their own
primary care physician."

will propose how American Jews,

who enjoy greater affluence and
influence than ever before, can do

their part to alleviate poverty, hunger,
violence, disease and oppression.

Messinger received an award from

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the Jewish Council for Public Affairs
in 2006 for her work to end genocide
in Darfur. She has honorary degrees

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from Hebrew Union College, Hebrew
College and Reconstructionist
Rabbinical College and awards

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for her service from the Women's
Funding Network and the American

Jewish Committee.

(on Haggerty Road just North of Meyer)

Mon.-Fri. 5 pm-10 pm • Sat., Sun. & Holidays: 10 am - 6 pm

(Internal Medicine & Primary Care Physicians from 8:30 am - 5 pm)

Most health insurances accepted and MCNisa accepted

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