Monday, June 27, 2011

Kidney Donation

"He who saves one life, it's as if he saved the entire world - Talmud
Sanhedrin



Young woman in Israel desperately needs a  kidney!

If you are blood type O and in good health, you  can save her life!


* Yes, one does just as well with one kidney as  with two!


"Just think people have no problem having only  one kidney, so we have to
ask, why did Hashem give us two kidneys? Perhaps it is  so you would have an
extra one to donate and save a life! - Dr. Stuart Greenstein, Shomer Shabbat
 Kidney Transplant Surgeon, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY


* Kidney donors live longer! (see quote by  another doctor below)




I can put you in touch with others who have donated a kidney in Israel -
and all are doing great, Boruch Hashem!



Being a kidney donor myself, I can also give you all the info you  need!



Please come forward to help save a life!



Sincerely,



Chaya Lipschutz


E-mail: _KidneyMitzvah@aol.com_ (mailto:KidneyMitzvah@aol.com)
Website: _www.KidneyMitzvah.com_ (http://www.KidneyMitzvah.com)







WHAT  RABBONIM HAVE TO SAY ABOUT KIDNEY DONATION


"Fortunate is the lot  of all (kidney) donors - Hashem will surely reward
them, bring good health to  them, and theirs to their children and their
children's children, for all  eternity" - Rabbi Yisroel  Belsky, Rosh Yeshiva,
Yeshiva Torah V'daas, Brooklyn, NY
"The z'chus, the merit  ,of this mitzvah, of donating a kidney, will stand
by the donor, insuring that  he be blessed from heaven with a long life,
years of good life , full of  simchas, suffering from neither harm nor loss." -
Rabbi Michel Yehuda  Lefkowitz, Rosh Yeshiva Ponevezh Yeshiva, Bnei Brak,
Motetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Degel HaTorah


WHAT DOCTORS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT KIDNEY  DONATION:
"We are born with  approximately 4-5 times the kidney function that we
need, to be healthy and stay  off of dialyisis- to not have kidney failure. So
by donating one of your  kidneys, you are still left with with 2-3 times the
amount of kidney function  that you need to be healthy and lead a normal
life" - Dr. Joseph  Del Pizzo. Assistant Professor of Urology, Director,
Laproscopic Surgery, New  York - Presbytarian Hospital - Weill Corneil Medical
Center, New York, NY.
“Kidney  donation is a relatively SAFE OPERATION, and many donors will
never feel the  loss of their second kidney. So giving up a kidney causes no
disadvantage to  your long-term health. In fact, studies have shown, that
KIDNEY DONORS ACTUALLY  LIVE LONGER than the general population - because donors
come from a pool of  people in good health"- Dr. Michael Edye, Adjunct
Associate  Professor of surgery, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York,  NY
Very Safe  Operation" - Dr. Jay Levine,  General Surgeon, St., Mary's
Health Care, West Michigan, MI
"There's a lot of  misconceptions about kidney donation and a lot of fear.
But if people take the  time to get the facts, they find out the risks are
very minimal. People are born  with two kidneys. You only need one." -
Michelle Winsor, Kidney Transplant Coordinator, Sharp Memorial  Hospital, San
Diego, CA

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