Page 7 - Year End Report

By the
Numbers

LAKEWOOD
SLOAN KETTERING 20
MAYO CLINIC 50
18 COLUMBIA BAIS LEAH
COMING 10
SOON! CHAIM V’CHESED
CLEVELAND CLINIC 16
10 JERSEY SHORE
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Friendship PALEY INSTITUTE

COMING
Houses SERVING MAJOR SOON!
MEDICAL CENTERS

A major worry to patients seeking treatment and their families
is they are often unable to find convenient housing particularly 150 32,400
over Shabbos. LRBC has created a network of hospitality houses
which are beautifully furnished, well equipped, stocked with People Hosted People Stay at a Bikur Cholim
food and provide a haven for family members to recharge their for Shabbos Friendship House Per Year
batteries and provide them with the strength to comfort and
encourage their relatives seeking treatment when they are at Home away from Home
their weakest. We are dedicated to enabling the highest level of
emotional support for the patient by giving nearest and dearest a Patient mid 40s, Lakewood, sent to Mayo Clinic for diagnosis followed by a several week stay for an
organ transplant and follow-up rehabilitation. She and her family are able to spend the necessary
home from home which is allows for dignity and tranquility when
8 weeks in Rochester MN because of the availability of housing and kosher food provided by the
it is most called for. LRBC Friendship House. The treatment available closer by would not have had the same chances of
success. Patient experiences complete recovery and returns home.

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