Israeli Saves Arab Girl in Morocco -Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
Against the advice of the security guard, Israeli tour guide and medic Rachamim Amos left a bus traveling through Morocco's Sahara Desert to aid a turban-wrapped figure who emerged from the desert begging in Arabic for help.
Amos, fluent in Arabic, followed the man hundreds of meters into the desert to a mangled jeep with a wounded child, her clothing soaked with blood. The Israeli medic diagnosed an open fracture at the femur complicated by a rupture of the femoral artery. He staunched the bleeding, stabilized the fracture, and advised the father how to maintain pressure on the artery for the four-hour ride to the nearest hospital.
The next day at the hospital he was greeted by shouts: "Here is the Jewish doctor!" The tearful father hugged him and kissed him on both cheeks. The doctors confirmed that without his timely intervention, the girl would have died.
(Jerusalem Post)
Against the advice of the security guard, Israeli tour guide and medic Rachamim Amos left a bus traveling through Morocco's Sahara Desert to aid a turban-wrapped figure who emerged from the desert begging in Arabic for help.
Amos, fluent in Arabic, followed the man hundreds of meters into the desert to a mangled jeep with a wounded child, her clothing soaked with blood. The Israeli medic diagnosed an open fracture at the femur complicated by a rupture of the femoral artery. He staunched the bleeding, stabilized the fracture, and advised the father how to maintain pressure on the artery for the four-hour ride to the nearest hospital.
The next day at the hospital he was greeted by shouts: "Here is the Jewish doctor!" The tearful father hugged him and kissed him on both cheeks. The doctors confirmed that without his timely intervention, the girl would have died.
(Jerusalem Post)
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