International Association of Lions Clubs
Lions Israel - District 128
Touvia (Teddy) Goldstein - District Governor 2010-11
"DAN PAZ-ISAREL" LIONS CLUB AND ISRAELI LIONISM PROVE AGAIN THAT SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY HAS NO FRONTIERS...NOW, THE HELP GOES TO AZERBAIJAN...BY MY INITIATIVE AND ORGANIZATION///
SOME MONTHS AGO, LIONS INTERNATIONAL FORWARDED TO LION TOUVIA (TEDDY) GOLDSTEIN, FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF "DAN PAZ-ISRAEL" LIONS CLUB, A MEDICAL HELP REQUEST PRESENTED BY THE POOR FAMILY OF A YOUNG BOY (10 YEARS OLD)) FROM AZERBEIDJAN, THAT IS LOOSING HIS SIGHT.
FOR SURE THE MESSAGE WAS FORWARDED TO LION GOLDSTEIN AS IT WAS WELL KNOWN THAT A YEAR AGO, WHILE HE ORGANIZED THE TRIP TO GERMANY OF THE ISRAELI LIONS DELEGATION ON THE OCASION OF THE TWINNING OF HIS CLUB WITH BITTERFELD LIONS CLUB (ON THIS SAME OCASION DISTRICT 128-ISRAEL AND DISTRICT 108-NAPLES AND JERUSALEM HOST LC AND PALERMO VESPRI LC ALSO TWINNED), A MEMBER OF THE GERMAN CLUB THAT READ IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPERS THAT DR. URI REHANI, DIRECTOR OF THE OFTALMOLOGY DEPARTMENT IN THE NAHARIYA HOSPITAL, RETUREND THE SIGHT TO A PALESTINIAN YOUN GIRL, HE REQUESTED TO PRESENT TO THE DOCTOR THE CASE OF HIS YOUNG DAUGHETER THAT WAS ALSO LOOSING HER SIGHT. UNFORTUNATLY, IN THIS CASE, DR, REHANI CAME TO THE CONCLUSION, AFTER STUDYING WELL HER MEDICAL HISTORY, THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE.
THE CONTACT WITH DR. REHANI THAN RESULTED IN A JOINT PROGRAM OF BOTH LIONS CLUBS TO CREATE IN NAHARIYA HOSPITAL A CORNEA BANK. FOR THIS PURPOSE HE JOINED THE ISRAEL LIONS DELEGATION TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE "HALLE HOSPITAL" CORNEA SPECIALIST. THE PROGRAM IS POSITIVELY ALIFE WAAITING FOR THE PROPER FINANCIAL RESOURECES.
AS THAN, THE MEDICAL HISTORY OF ELGUN WAS STUDIED BY DR. REHANI AND FORTUNATLY IN THIS CASE HIS CONCLUSIONS WHERE POSITIVE.
AFTER HIS POSITIVE RESPONSE WAS GIVEN, LION GOLDSTEIN REQUESTED FROM DR. REHANI TO TRY TO GET THE AUTHORISATION OF THE HOSPITAL'S MANAGEMENT TO RECEIVE THE BOY FOR SURGERY AS A HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITY GRANTING HIM COMPLIMENTARY MEDICAL ATTENTION.
AS SOON AS THE HOSPITAL'S POSITIVE ANSWER WAS RECEIVED, HE REQUESTED FROM LUFTAHNSA FREE TICKETS FROM BAKU TO TEL AVIV AND BACK FOR ELGUN AND HIS MOTHER AND FROM HOTEL "ROSENTHAL" IN NAHARIYA A COMPLIMENTARY ROOM. BOTH ANSWERED ALSO POSITIVELY.
FINALY HE WROTE TO THE ISRAELI CONSUL IN BAKU TO GRANT THEM THE REQUIRED VISAS.
ON FRIDAY MARCH 19, ELGUN AND HIS MOTHER ARRIVED TO ISRAEL AND WERE RECEIVED AT THE AIRPORT AND TAKEN TO NAHARIYA BY DISTRICT GOVERNOR LION ZVIKA LUBOVICH, DEPUTY DISTRICT GOVERNOR LION GARY ROTH AND LION TOUVIA (TEDDY) GOLDSTEIN AND THERE WERE RECEIVED BY NAHARIYA'S MAYOR HON. RON FRUMER, DR. URI REHANY AND FRIENDS.
NOW ONLY RESTS TO HOPE THAT AFTER THIS GREAT EFFORT,
THE OPERATION PROGRAMMED FOR NEXT TUESDAY WILL BE A MEDICAL SUCCESS AND ELGUN WILL RETURN HOME WITH HIS SIGHT RESTORED.
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WE ARE PROUD TO BE LIONS!!!!
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Updated: mAY 22, 2012.
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