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One in 10 Israelis lives below the poverty level and half of them are children, according to newly released govem-ineht statistics.
Among recent immigrants, the poverty rate soars to a record 34 percent, the National Insurance Institute says in a just-published survey of 1991 figures involved in social security programs, q
Poverty-level incomes were the lot of 562'000 Israelis in 1991, a four percent rise over 1990. Of this number, 234,000 were children.
But the rise was lower than the year before, when poverty level incomes registered a 14.6 increase over 1989.
Government allocations warded off an increase to as much as 20 percent in the number of those living below the poverty line. A fourfold rise occurred in this category over the past decade, making the rate in Israel the highest among Western countries.
Officials at the insurance agency voiced hopes that the Treasury would resume payment of allowances for first and second children in a family.
The allowances were withdrawn by the previous government, leaving allocations only for families with three or more children.
In other economic news, the government's $40 billion state budget for 1993 passed its first reading in the Knesset by a comfortable 55-43 majority, with one abstention.
The government was pleasantly surprised by the supporting vote of Shmuel Halpert in the opposition United Torah Judaism, a fervently Orthodox party widely rumored to be an eventual candidate for partnership in the governing coalition.
Knesset Member Dan Tichon of the opposition Likud bloc charged that the vote resulted from a promise given by the Treasury to allocate $20 million for yeshivot associated with United Torah Judaism. The charge was denied by the Treasury.
The Arab parties were a disappointment for the government. Although they generally vote with the coalition^ the Hadash Communists and the Arab Democratic Party voted against the budget, in protest over its failure to allocate $28 million for development in the Arab sector.
Finance Minister Avraham Shohat promised the sums, including allocations for building 300 new classrooms in Arab schools, would be added at a later stage of the budget process.
Although the Knesset devoted all of last Wednesday to consideration of the budget, attention was focused on the Tel Aviv stockexchange, where a sharp drop, of 3.75 percent, was registered in share values.
Analysts attributed it to profit-taking following a record rise Of 80 percent in the market since the beginning of the year.
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On Thursday, share prices began to climb back up.
Monitoring of the market came as the government drastically devalued the shekel to stand at 2.6 per U.S. dollar, a record high for the dollar.
Analysts said the new rate reflects a strengthening dollar in the world market and increased demand for foreign currency after the issuing of trust funds that include foreign investment.
Experts believe the slow but consistent devaluation of the shekel will continue.
Lloyd Fogler
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CJN: In the October issue of Chatelaine, Mount Sinai Hospital was profiled as one of 12 standout hospitals. The 12 were chosen as beingforward-thinking, compassionate and innovative. Provide an example of how Mount Sinai fits each of these categories.
Fogler: As to "forward-thinking,".we have a proven track record of anticipating and managing change effectively. We have a clear vision and a strategic plan which serve as a framework for all our initiatives.
As to "compassionate," the underiying premise of this hospital, which is reflected in all that we do, is our commitment to humanistic health care. This commitment is again indicated by our board's eslablishmentofa patient care and quality assurance committee. As well, we were the first Canadian hospital to create a patient representative program; a large majority of Canadian hospitals have since followed suit;
As to "irmovative," our commitment to research and our "research bench to bedside" approach to patient care is truly unique for Canadian hospitals.
There are many other initiatives in the clinical and support areas of the hospital. Our nursing department, for example, was recently designed as a Worid Health Org-zanization teaching centre.
PATIENTS 634,323 (admitted, outpatient, 30,520 emergency room)
BEDS 550 (includes 15 intensive-care)
DOCTORS 638 (345 specialists, 193 general practitioners, 100 residents)
NURSES 1,360 (RNs, students)
TEACHING YES (Uniyersity of Toronto)
PATIENT ADVOCATE
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AREAS OF EXCELLENCE Perinatology, respiratory-thoracic, oncology, gastrointestinal diseases, musculoskeletal disorders
CJN: Is there any particular area, or accomplishment, for which you are especially proud of Mount Sinai?
Fogler: the 4-year accreditation.award is, undoubtedly, a great honor for this hospital. However, in addition to our remarkable clinical and research achievements, our biggest accomplishment is the recruitment and successful integration of the best medical, research and support talents within our walls to ultimately create a team that provides quality patient care and constantly strives for excellence in doing so.
All of Mount Sinai's team, including our board, our doctors, our nurses, our executives and our employees are committed to excellence in the delivery of patient care. The external recognition of that excellence is our greatest compliment.
CJN: Do you see Mount Sinai expanding into other areas of expertise, or do you feel it will concentrate on the specialized care it now offers?
Fogler: In this unstable financial and political environment, I believe it is both prudent and wise to focus on the areas/programs that you are best at. This is clearly not the time for expansion but rather the time to ensure that your operations continue to be efficient, qualitative, and dynamic. Areas of community health and outreach services such as palliative care and other services which can compliment our existing health programs will"always. be a priority for us to undertake so long as we can fit them within our permitted spending envelopes. —
We will strive to be a leader in the rationalization of health care service which, in turn, will require us to collaborate closely with our sister hospitals and health agencies throughout the general community.