Infertility

However, he didn’t talk to Hadassah’s supporters about medicine, but entertained a high-powered audience, including many of the country’s top medical academics, by discussing comparative religion.

Hadassah Hospital is a remarkable institution.

It employs staff and treats patients regardless of their ethnic origin or their religion.

Its ethos reminded me of my father talking about the care of the wounded in the First World War.

Within the sanctuary of the regimental aid post, Germans and British were treated according to their degree of medical urgency, without regard to rank or race.

Ariel Sharon couldn’t have gone to a better unit, but his case was obviously hopeless after he had his second stroke.

A stroke is the name given to the damage caused to the brain when its blood supply is disrupted by a clot or a haemorrhage.

It is therefore usually symptomatic of some underlying condition of the circulation.

Frequently the cardiac rhythm is irregular, often as the result of atrial fibrillation, the blood pressure may be raised or there may be cardiac abnormalities.

It is known that Sharon was suffering from a previously undiagnosed con...