Posted on 01/08/2013 11:00:09 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
Here's the story. In 1973, 20-year-old Boaz Tamir (left) was the leader of a defensive tank group on the Golan Heights in Israel when the Syrians attacked. In the course of the battle, he was blinded by shrapnel and taken to the closest hospital for treatment.* That small hospital was in Tiberias and ordinarily would not have had an eye specialist present. But a young American doctor who had been visiting one of the Jerusalem hospitals for clinical rotations was assigned to this hospital in the periphery. It turns out she was very adept at eye surgery and was able to remove the metal particles, and he recovered his eyesight. In fact, although the treatment was not quite complete, once he could see, he "escaped" from the hospital and rejoined the tank batallion as it began the counter-attack toward Damascas.
Because Boaz left in such a hurry, he never had a chance to thank the doctor. He later tried to track her down but was unable to find her.
Now, 40 years later, Boaz told me the story. I said that, with his permission, I would begin a search for this doctor using our social media tools.
So here we are. If you know a female eye surgeon (or perhaps a general surgeon) who spent some time in Israel during her training and might have been in Tiberias during the Yom Kippur War of 1973, would you please submit a comment on this blog post? Or, if you know of someone who might know the surgeon, would you please contact that person and ask him or her to leave a comment? Or, if you just want to spread the word through your channels, that would be great. Thanks.
(Excerpt) Read more at runningahospital.blogspot.com ...
If you have any info, please contact Mr Levy at the source blog.
SJackson, Nachum, would you please ping your lists? I know that finding the doc is a long shot, but it can’t hurt to ask.
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“Grateful patient seeks doctor [Israeli soldier trying to find US doctor that saved his eyes]
“Here’s the story. In 1973, 20-year-old Boaz Tamir (left) was the leader of a defensive tank group on the Golan Heights in Israel when the Syrians attacked. In the course of the battle, he was blinded by shrapnel and taken to the closest hospital for treatment.* That small hospital was in Tiberias and ordinarily would not have had an eye specialist present. But a young American doctor who had been visiting one of the Jerusalem hospitals for clinical rotations was assigned to this hospital in the periphery. It turns out she was very adept at eye surgery and was able to remove the metal particles, and he recovered his eyesight. In fact, although the treatment was not quite complete, once he could see, he “escaped” from the hospital and rejoined the tank batallion as it began the counter-attack toward Damascas.
“Because Boaz left in such a hurry, he never had a chance to thank the doctor. He later tried to track her down but was unable to find her.
“Now, 40 years later, Boaz told me the story. I said that, with his permission, I would begin a search for this doctor using our social media tools.
“So here we are. If you know a female eye surgeon (or perhaps a general surgeon) who spent some time in Israel during her training and might have been in Tiberias during the Yom Kippur War of 1973, would you please submit a comment on this blog post?
“Or, if you know of someone who might know the surgeon, would you please contact that person and ask him or her to leave a comment? Or, if you just want to spread the word through your channels, that would be great.
“Thanks.”
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Thanks!
You’re welcome.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Thanks!
Isn’t this the prominent Dem who got run out of running a prominent MA hospital because of staff gal pal issues?
Is this an attempt at rehabilitating himself with female medical professionals?
Beautiful story - thanks for sharing...
I don’t know or care what his motivations are, but clearly the Israeli wants to find his surgeon, and helping him do so is not a bad thing.
Seconded.
Yehuda, SunkenCiv, would you please ping your lists on this one? I should have thought of you both earlier.
Cool story.
I hope Boaz finds his surgeon!
Agreed on all counts.
Interesting story, given the length of time that has passed, she’s retired, if not deceased, but perhaps she’s alive, or someone else knows the story and who it was. Thanks Slings and Arrows.
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