Barbara: Tuesday
Posted on | December 2, 2008 | No Comments
Today I spent part of the day brainstorming with a mixed team of Israelis and Palestinians staff members about the best way to improve the experiences of Palestinian parents, (mostly mothers) who visit Hadassah Hospital. We have thousands of patients from Gaza and the West Bank, and many arrive without pocket money, let alone the kind of family support that local patients—Jewish and Arab—get from their extended families. We are coming up with a pilot program which we hope will be sponsored. The number of Palestinians treated at Hadassah’s hospitals increases every year.
I was also involved in a meeting about a fundraising dinner for a new center to make the diagnosis process easier and more effective for women with possible breast cancer. So many women miss early detection because they are afraid of the testing. Breast cancer is a scourge for Jewish and Palestinian women, of course.
I also dropped in at the Hadassah Hospital emergency room to say a quick hello to my daughter, a new nurse. Lots of sick kids—no time for coffee. Too bad. There’s an Aroma café, my favorite brand, on the Hadassah campus. I got up at my usual 6:00 AM to finish my Jerusalem Post column. The last one, on Peacexpeace was picked up by usatoday.com! The archive of my columns is on my website www.barbarasofer.com
