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A 12 - year-old patient of Ethiopian origin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     was  admitted  to  one  of  the  pediatric
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     wards at Soroka Medical Center in serious
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     condition  due  to  an  acute  problem  that
                                                                                                                                                                                         «Just health»                                                                                               required   prolonged    hospitalization.
                                                                                                                                                                                         Yediot Ahronot                                                                                              Because  of  her  condition,  she  was
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     unable to celebrate her Bat Mitzvah. The
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     celebration  had  been  planned  by  the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     family  for  a  long  time  and  many  guests
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     from Israel and abroad had been invited.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     When  the  patient  discovered  she  would
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     not be able to attend the festivities, her
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     mood  plummeted.  She  shut  herself  in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     her room and would not even go out to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     the  classrooms.  She  began  to  refuse  to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     cooperate with the nursing  and  medical
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     staff. As soon as the ward’s management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     team learned that her poor mental state
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     was  due  to  the  cancellation  of  her  Bat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Mitzvah celebration, its members geared
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     up to take action.



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