Although the doctor gives up hope and advises the family to allow the patient to die, studies show that with imminent expert care, it is possible to revive a person's life.
Welcoming Rabbi Leonard (Yehuda) Blank, MS, BCC to MJHS
Rabbi Leonard (Yehuda) Blank,MS,BCC, well known as a Rabbi and Board Certified Chaplain, has joined MJHS (Metropolitan Jewish Health System) Hospice and Palliative Care as a Rabbinic Liaison. Rabbi Blank's role will include Pastoral Care, Jewish Community Outreach, and as liaison to Orthodox families requiring end-of-life care options L'Halacha. MJHS provides both Hospice and Palliative Care and functions as a provider of care that is endorsed by Chayim Aruchim, an initiative of Agudath Israel of America. Rabbi Blank can be reached at lblank@mjhs.org or at 347-677-4828. READ MORE...
Danish Teen Wakes From the "Dead" Just as Doctors Prepare to Harvest Her Organs
A teenage girl who had been stuck in a coma after a catastrophic car crash miraculously woke up just as doctors were about to declare her brain dead and harvest her organs.
A teenage girl who had been stuck in a coma after a catastrophic car crash miraculously woke up just as doctors were about to declare her brain dead and harvest her organs. READ MORE...
Vegetative patient Scott Routley says 'I'm not in pain'
A Canadian man who was believed to have been in a vegetative state for more than a decade, has been able to tell scientists that he is not in any pain.
It's the first time an uncommunicative, severely brain-injured patient has been able to give answers clinically relevant to their care. READ MORE...
Members of Chayim Aruchim advocating for changes to the Palliative Care Act in Albany in April.
L to R: Assembly Member Steven Cymbrowitz, Rabbi Shmuel Lefkowitz, Agudath Israel's Vice President for Community Affairs, Rabbi Gedaliah Weinberger, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Rabbi Mordechai Biser, Esq., General Counsel, Dr. Yashar Hirshaut, noted New York oncologist, Assemblyman Richard Gotfried, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, and Abe Eisner, an officer of Agudath Israel.
Agudath Israel Hails New NYS Health Care Law to Protect Patients
Bill signed into law, Patients entitled to be offered treatment according to Halacha
Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Palliative Care Act into Law. Agudath Israel of America, which advocated strongly for its passage, hailed this vital amendment to the state's Public Health Law, which ensures that patients in the end stages of life will be informed of all their options, including their right to ongoing medical treatments as well as palliative care. READ MORE...
