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A second for Israel
Transplant patient listed as serious
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE October 31, 1986 Page 31
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by Hugh Orgel
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Israel’s
second liver transplant patient
was described in “very serious”
condition Monday evening fol
lowing surgery Sunday night and
will probably have to undergo
additional surgery to save his
life, according to Rambam Hos
pital in Haifa.
He was identified by the hospi
tal Monday as Eliahu Schreier,
59, of Moshav Shoresh, near
Jerusalem. He has had a liver
ailment for seven years and was
transferred to Rambam from
Hadassah Hospital after his con
dition deteriorated. Rambam is
presently the only hospital in
Israel licensed to perform liver
transplants.
The operation was performed
by Dr. Yigal Kam who was trained
in the procedure in Pittsburgh,
Pa. Kam said complications oc
curred during surgery and the
patient will almost certainly need
corrective surgery to halt inter
nal bleeding.
Meanwhile, Kam’s first liver
transplant patient, Mira Schich-
manter, 40, continued to improve
Monday, though doctors said
she is still not out of danger.
Shichmanter, the mother of two,
underwent surgery for 20 hours
last Wednesday. She remains in an
intensive care unit but is now
breathing without the aid of a
respirator.
Although doctors reported no
significant progress in the func
tioning of her new liver, they des
cribed her condition as “some
what improved” on Friday. She
is reportedly fully conscious and
spoke a few words to her family
and physicians. Thursday she sat
in an armchair for 30 minutes.
Kam said it would be a few
more days before he could call
the operation a success and three
to four weeks before doctors can
The Southern Israelite
Nov. 5, 1976
Jewish candidates winning re-
election and election Tuesday in
cluded: Congressman Elliott
Levitas who handily recaptured
his Fourth District Democratic
seat; Cathey Steinberg who will
he a new face in the Georgia
House; and Mike Nichols, 24-
year-old Democrat, who won a
House seat.
* * *
“Our favorite Jimmy Carter
has emerged winner and come
1977 he will assume the White
House as our national President
...We commend the many public
spirited citizens who have shared
our views and worked on many
levels to bring this candidate into
office.” (TSI Editorial).
Grace Benator
Grace and Asher Benator will
be honored at the Bond Dinner
of the Or VeShalom Congrega
tion. Clara and Sidney Feldman
have been named chairmen of
Shearith Israel’s Bond Dinner.
Atlanta Bonds Chairman is Dr.
Marvin C. Goldstein.
Dorothy Rosenblum will offer
Yiddish instruction at Aliyah
Hadassah’s November meeting
at the home of Mrs. Emanual
Harris. Patsy Weinman, Aliyah
president, says Mrs. Rosenblum’s
mini-course will be entitled
“Yiddish as part of your continu
ing education; or maybe now,
some of those jokes will make
sense.”
* * *
The Midnight Sun Dinner
Theater’s star this week is Gale
Gordon known for his TV roles
of Mr. Wilson in “Dennis the
Menace,” Osgood Conklin in “Our
Miss Brooks,” and Lucille Ball’s
irascible banker, Mooney.
The Southern Israelite Compiled by Carolyn Gold
Nov. 3, 1961
Abe Goldstein, president of
Atlanta Jewish Welfare Fund,
this week urged members of the
community to fulfill their pledges
with cash support. “Hunger and
need and danger do not wait,” he
said in explaining that increased
immigration to Israel has created
severe needs for funds.
* * *
Atlanta’s Mayor-Elect Ivan
Allen Jr. will be the honoree and
main speaker at Gate City Lodge
of B’nai B’rith Nov. 6 at the Pro
gressive Club. Dr. Alfred A.
Weinstein, president, and Joe
Cuba, program chairman, say
that Mr. Allen will speak on his
recent trip to the City of West
Berlin, one of the world’s most
troubled spots.
Nathan Cohen
Alma, Ga.—The 4,000 residents
of this Southeast Georgia town
have resoundingly elected a Jew
ish man and retired merchant,
Nathan Cohen, their mayor in a
campaign marked with anti-
Semitism. Never before have so
many persons gone to the polls in
a city election. Mr. Cohen received
955 votes to his opponent’s 184.
* * *
Berry Rittenbaum, prominent
Atlanta insurance man, will speak
about his travel experiences in
India and Indo-China at the Adult
Group of Ahavath Achim Con
gregation Sunday.
* * *
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determine if her body accepted
the liver.
Schichmanter’s family is re
portedly considering adding the
name of her donor to her name in
gratitude for the donor family’s
altruistic decision. The donor, a
19-year-old woman soldier from
Kibbutz Shaar Ha’amakin, died
in a car accident early last week.
Prior to Schichmanter’s oper
ation, liver transplants were for
bidden in Israel by religious
authorities because of a technical
argument over the definitions of
death. In order to donate a liver,
the donor’s heart must still be
beating, even if the donor is brain
dead and artificial means are
used to keep the heart beating. In
the rabbinical definition of death
though, a person is dead only
when the heart stops beating.
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