36 | JULY 30 • 2020 continued from page 34 patient care.” The service, provided at no charge to patients, is avail- able to all physicians who are part of the mega multi-spe- cialty Michigan Healthcare Professionals (MHP), of which Comprehensive Urology is a division. There are 328 multi-discipline physicians and 122 advanced practice providers in MHP’ s 167 locations. Korman said the plan is to offer both telemedicine and the courier service long term. “Both eliminate a barrier to care, ” he said. “Over 50% of our patients utilizing the home pick up had an abnormal urinalysis and required treatment. They may have gotten septic and even died because they feared going to the hospital or the office and would have missed out on treat- ment. ” For his 91-year-old patient, the new service not only pro- vided extreme convenience, it also allowed for quick treatment that required medication. “Once the culture was done and the best course of action was determined, the doctor followed up with the necessary medication, ” said the patient’ s son. The prescription was filled at one of MHP’ s two pharma- cies and was delivered to his home at no charge. “This made it doubly easy for us, ” said the son, who normally would have driven his father to the doctor’ s office and also picked up the prescription. More than 1,000 patients have been included in the new program since its inception. “Some of them are young, but most are seniors who are really at risk, ” Korman said. “This is really a homerun for the elderly. It keeps them out of the ER and urgent care centers. “There is no reason for some- one to come into the office to get tested and then come back again for test results when it is difficult or unsafe for them, ” he said. “It should not come down to someone having to decide, ‘ Is it more dangerous to come in or to stay home untreat- ed?’ ” Contact Comprehensive Urology at: (248) 336-0123 or access the website at: www.urologist.org Jonathan and Dr. Howard Korman Health DANIEL SHERBERT, M.D. F.A.C.S. Certifi ed by The American Board of Surgery, The American Board of Plastic Surgery & Fellowship Trained in Aesthetic & Reconstructive Breast Surgery Specializing in Cosmetic Surgery & Aesthetic & Reconstructive Breast Surgery W est Maple Plastic Surgery (248) 865-6400 5807 W. Maple Suite 177 West Bloomfi eld Awaken the Beauty Within... Mir vel veynen un vel zogn vey iz Mir We lost the Beit Hamikdash, a place so dear. Di Beit haMikdash hot gevayn zayer shayn Un azay grays, mine kind,is undzer pain. Dos iz Tisha B’ Av, der tog is almost here. Mir vel veynen- we will cry Un vel zogn- and will say Vey iz mir- an exclamation of sorrow Beit HaMikdash- the Temple Hot gevayn zayer shayn- was very beautiful Un azay grays- and so great Mine kind- my child Undzer- our Dos is- this is Der tog- the day — Rachel Kapen Yiddish Limerick Tisha B‘ Av “DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM,” BY FRANCESCO HAYEZ