Surgeons at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem saved a young woman, 19, from paralysis after her head covering caught in the wheels of a go-kart, severely injuring her cervical vertebrae.
“I insisted that the ambulance direct her to Hadassah Ein Kerem," her mother told Israel Hayom. "I knew that only there, they would treat her with such a serious injury and be able to help her."
“We rushed with the young woman from the MRI scan to the operating room, and just before we entered, we promised her worried parents that we would do everything to ensure their daughter could move her limbs and wouldn't remain paralyzed,” said Dr. Josh Schroeder, head of the Spine Surgery Unit.
In the operating room, the team stabilized the vertebrae by removing bone fragments from her spinal cord in a surgery that lasted several hours. A few days after the surgery, the young woman showed promising signs of recovery. She was already moving her legs and walking slowly but determinedly in the department's corridors with the team's support. She will soon begin rehabilitation at Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus.
“I am so lucky I came here for surgery and met the team,” the woman said. “They are our angels; we will never forget how calmly they received us and assured us everything would be okay.”
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