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At the Lemaanam Call Center, an organization of doctors volunteering for Holocaust survivors, the phones ring all the time. Thousands of elderly survivors cannot leave their homes, even to receive medical care or treatment.
In an effort to expand treatment options and procure an emergency medical services vehicle to make their services more available, doctors are reaching out to the people for help and launching a fundraiser for the first time.
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With the organization’s expansion and growing demand for its services, the volunteer doctors have embarked on a campaign this week, at the end of which they hope to raise enough money to improve and expand the group’s business. According to Lemaanam, they have already answered more than 1,000 calls.
TEACHER. ROY BEIGEL treats an elderly Holocaust survivor with the help of the Lemaanam organization (credit: DANIEL BAR-ON)
The organization was formed by Dr Tamara Kolitz, who received the Presidential Volunteer Award in July. The organization performs home visits, clinic and “telemedicine” visits, telephone consultations, as well as assistance with bureaucracy and transportation of Holocaust survivors to and from clinics.
Lemaanam has amassed a vast network of volunteers numbering over 1,200 people, including 800 physicians and medical workers.
“Our goal is to help, improve and improve the lives of Holocaust survivors, but it is not enough and we have many other goals to achieve,” says Dr Kolitz. “We started this fundraiser to reach and help as many survivors as possible.”
Translated by Hadas Labrisch.
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