Dr. Arie Solomon, who won the Daniel Prize for Medicine with a Heart, stood out in his humanity towards the patients • "I shed tears from my eyes, this is a prize from the net patients" • Third article in the series
Dr. Solomon (center) receiving the award from Moti Sonnenfeld (left) and Mucci Ackerman
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Courtesy of the Danieli Foundation
In the office of Dr. Aryeh Solomon (62), who runs the Aharonov (Zamenhof) clinic of Clalit Health Fund in Tel Aviv, the walls speak. But unlike typical doctors' offices, its walls are not covered by certificates and degrees he received during his 32 years as a doctor, but by letters of appreciation and recognition. Thank you for receiving from his patients.
"I graduated from Tel Aviv University in 1988 and majored in internal medicine at Ichilov Hospital. The trigger for my transition to family medicine was in 1991, during the first Gulf War. You save lives, do shifts at night, but unlike a family doctor, the next day you are no longer See the patient and you are not in touch with his family, "says Dr. Solomon." As a family doctor I always wanted to provide unique professional medicine, but I also wanted to create a sincere and open communication channel, be a listening ear to patients I accompany for years, and give them the most attention the heart".
Danieli's commemoration
Dr. Solomon's explanation also lies in the fact that of all the awards he has received so far, as a sign of appreciation for his professional performance, he was more excited than the "Daniel Award for Medicine with a Heart" given to him a year ago. The winners were announced after the award committee examined a record number Of a quarter of a million recommendations sent by patients and their families, about GPs deserving in their eyes of the recognition that alongside their professional work, their humanity towards the patients stood out greatly.
"In 2009 I received a certificate of appreciation from the consumer movement and in 2015 I received a certificate for winning public servants bureaucracy, but when in 2019 I was informed that it was decided to give me the Daniel Prize for Medicine with a Heart, tears fell from my eyes," recalls Dr. Solomon. Of which committee.
This is for me the highlight because you get it from your net patients.
This is real feedback on the hard work of the family doctors, who are at the forefront of public medicine.
it's very exciting".
The Danieli Foundation currently operates 120 projects and social enterprises in a variety of fields: health, education, culture and welfare.
It was founded by Moti Sonnenfeld shortly after his daughter Danieli was killed in a car accident, and she is only 20 years old.
During her national service in the Department of Pediatric Oncology at Schneider Hospital in Petah Tikva, she was inspired by the impact of the human attitude of one of the doctors she worked with, and decided to change her vocation in life from brain research to medical studies. The news of her admission to Ben-Gurion University Medical School Her parents only after she left. Year after year, the number of patients and their families who participated in the selection of the doctors nominated for the prestigious award grew by leaps and bounds, and this year, in the midst of the Corona epidemic, the Danieli Foundation is at least expecting this trend to continue.
All who are interested in choosing their candidate for a heart medicine award are invited to enter the link.