| The
Israeli PH Association
The Israeli PH association
was founded by PH patients, for PH patients. As people living with PH
we know our selves to be much more than our illness and the cost of our
medical care.
We recognize the importance of the support we give to each other. We
realize that it is our responsibility to start the process of change in
our society and we understand that in order to strengthen our selves we
need to strengthen the support systems around us.
We define our selves as valuable members of our community and through
education and awareness are teaching our community to view us as such.
On Thursday the 21st of June, 2001, we held our first national conference.
This was our first opportunity to physically break the barrier of loneliness
and unit.
To contact the association:
Tel - 972-52-421-045
Fax - 972-9-958-1226
Email:benar@inter.net.il
s_hiri@hotmail.com
From
the first Israel PH Association Conference
"Looking
back at the conference I feel it was one of the most wonderful events
in my life. There was an amazing atmosphere of love and support."
The conference was
attended by: patients, family members, doctors, nurses and representatives
of
pharmaceutical companies.
People arrived from
all over Israel — Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Haifa, Kibbutz Degania
…
The agenda included
elections for the board, presentation of the association's goals and a
lecture by
Professor M. Kramer on the topic of: Current Treatments for Pulmonary
Hypertension.
During recess it was
wonderful to see how people started reaching to one another, introducing
themselves,
offering support and kind words of advice.
We all ended the evening
feeling less alone and very hopeful and optimistic about the future, our
selves and
our new association.
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Hana Ben-Artzi
and Ilana Blumenfeld, mothers of PH patients, sitting at the reception
desk
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Remembering
the ones we've lost during the past 2 years.
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Opening greetings
by Shiri Padmore.
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