Askanim have orchestrated a massive potential breakthrough in coordination with Columbia-Presbyterian over the use of WellTab devices by hospitalized patients, YWN has learned.
There have been numerous complaints regarding the hospital over its policy that forbids the WellTab devices being used – making it the only hospital in the New York region to still have such a policy in effect.
Under the hospital’s current policy, patients who are not using their own devices to be in video contact with family members, such as through WhatsApp or Zoom, may only use a hospital-provided device for such calls from 7 pm to 9 pm daily. This policy has made hospitalizations among many Orthodox Jews without video capabilities on their phones particularly excruciating, as they lacked the means with which to have ongoing video correspondence with their families.
Compounding the problem, many families reported that the connection on hospital-provided devices were almost always awful, resulting in them having no connection with their hospitalized family members, sometimes for days at a time.
Just before Pesach, a family with a loved one in Columbia Presbyterian found itself in just such a dilemma. At their wits end, they reached out to Rockland businessman and community activist Mayer Tauber, who deployed volunteers to assist the family with setting up a video connection between the hospital and their home using the Columbia-provided device.
Not content with having just done that, Mr. Tauber engaged with the offices of Rep. Mike Lawler (NY-17), Assemblywoman and Chairwoman of the Mental Health Committee Aileen Gunther of New York’s 100th District, Senator Bill Weber of the 38th District, Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, Chairwoman of the NYS Assembly Health Committee, as well as the state’s Department of Health to effectuate a change in Columbia’s policy for the benefit of their patients.
His efforts paid off.
On Monday, a productive meeting was held with representatives from Columbia Presbyterian, WellTab founder Joel Friedman, Rep. Lawler, Lawler Constituency Director Rafi Silberberg, reps from Assemblywoman Gunther’s office, reps from Sen. Weber’s office, DOH Associate Commissioner for External Affairs Sam Miller, DOH Director Division of Hospitals and Diagnostic & Treatment Centers Stephanie Shulman, and others, to discuss the proposed change of policy.
Following an articulate explanation from the lawmakers and community activists regarding the terrible adverse effect the hospital’s policy is having on its patients, the DOH officials confirmed that their department had no issue with the use of WellTab devices in hospitals and indeed encouraged hospitals to permit virtual visitation as much as possible, considering that it has been shown to improve patient outcomes.
At the conclusion of the cordial meeting, the Columbia Presbyterian representatives pledged to review the hospital’s policy, with a decision expected from the hospital in the coming days.
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Hospitals in the past 3 years have become the death camps of neglect and malpractice. One way this was accomplished is by excommunicating patients, hence this crucial requirement.
“One way this was accomplished is by excommunicating patients…”
Huh??? So if you don’t like hospital care, try treating yourself at home. If someone in your family unfortunately is hospitalized w/o a smartphone, have someone loan them an iphone or ipad with internet connectivity for a few days.
Thank you JPA above for stating Truth which has been terribly censored for the past 3 years especially by Social Media Influencers and RNA Vaxx paid Ambassadors, in our community. The fact is that Pharma got it needed Covid death rate that it uses to this day, by including deaths caused by BEING LEFT ALONE on Unmonitored High Pressure Ventilators run by mainly Untrained staff and traveling nurses, on which patients were given RESPIRATORY SUPPRESSANTS deadly MIDAZOLAM and High Dose MORPHINE, on which high rates of patients died, also with UNTREATED PNEUMONIAS because ANTIVIOTICS WERE WITHHELD FOR “TEST POSITIVES” and UNTREATED COMMON ACQUIRED SECONDARY BACTERIAL INFECTIONS, including Pneumonias, Staph, Strep, and more, because New “Covid Hospital Protocols” excluded antibiotics but gave PAXLOVID that causes Organ Failure, and MIDAZOLAM that causes Coma and Death and MORPHINE that causes respiratory failure.
The Gigh death rates were needed to this day to push the Experimental RNA shots that until this day community influencers continue to push and do not allow any questions or facts to be published.
This has all been Censored because Pfizer Health Depts, CDC and HRSA have given large grants and ads to community leaders and Influencers and clinics. Just see how this will be censored as I have been for 3 years
Gadolhadorah
for those people that don’t want access to the internet your idea is akin to the highway dept. building a hospital instead of fixing the dangerous curve on the road that caused the accidents.
ah yid: No one is suggesting that families who don’t want to purchase internet enabled devices must do so in order to allow a hospitalized member of the family to communicate. My point was simply that until the Welltab arrangements described in the article become more widely available, families that feel the need to retain communications with a loved one should consider borrowing an internet enabled device for a few days rather than having to limit their access to 2 hours at night using the hospital device. Those that don’t need video connectivity and can get by with telephone access don’t need to do so. Its entirely a personal decision for the family.
All this confirms is America has fallen to the lowest level of humanity. People were murdered are still being murdered. Only Hashem heals
In my comment above it should say
Pfizer’s Remdesivir causes Organ Failure, and was given to “test positive” patients as part of the new “Covid Hospital protocol” even as Antibiotics were withheld for their Pneumonias and other common secondary bacterial respiratory and gut infections.
The Hospitals gave the Deadly MIDAZOLAM and Morphine and the Unmonitored High Pressure Ventilators that killed so many.
These Deaths were counted as “Covid deaths”
Pfizer also pushed Paxlovid an old repurposed HIV drug combo that had no data and actually caused rebound infections.
These deaths were used as a fear op to push the New RNA injections that cause Myocarditis, Heart Inflammation, Pericarditis, Syncope, Clotting, and increased Atrial fibrillation and cancer rates, due to the pro-inflammatory and Prothrombic effects of the S Spike glycoproteins that the shot RNA encodes for. .
All of this and more has been severely censored by paid influencers and stakeholders in our community
Sara Rifka:
Your Zionist paradise is orders of magnitude worse.
YWN Moderators please censor or block or edit “leahleh”. She’s a little out of control. Also when you continue to allow such wacked out people to comment here regularly, you diminish the respect one has for your readership.
Ah here it is. The second any questions or facts are stated about the Covid debacle, out come the influencers like Long Island Yid to sling insults but they never debate on facts. They will never answer how many died on deadly Midazolam and morphine and bacteria laden High Pressure closed system unmonitored Ventilators and how many got kidney and Liver damage from Remdesivir, instead of getting very early treatment with Antibiotics for their pneumonias and passive oxygen, and why people were not tested for Myocarditis after getting the shots to see if they have elevated Cardiac Troponin levels that put them at higher risk for heart issues especially if they have co morbidities. Because the money trail of Grants from HHS, HRSA ARP, CARE, CDC, Pfizer, State, City were so Large for this entire Covid Inc on so many levels including Hospitals, Clinics, Community Influencers and Media as well as coercion from Corrupted Health and govt Bureaucrats on every level
“YWN Moderators please censor or block or edit “leahleh..
LI Yid: There unfortunately are a small number of these whackos who sadly keep regurgitating these mindless rants but sadly its something thats here to stay.
Here is another Influencer Gadolhadorah who immediately mock, demean, and fling insults instead of debating on facts. They were endemic these past 3 years on social media to target any questioning of anything related to their Pfizer god and grant sources.
Columbia is the worst hospital . Not one organization will tell that to you . They are abusive to their patients and didn’t allow a video tablet when we needed it . I reached out to a patient advocate to complain and he hears it all the time but no one tells it to you . That’s why I am letting you know ! Everyone has a complaint about them but not one of the large organizations will say anything cause they buddy up with them , and you , the patient are the ones who suffer their abuse . I knew about this hospital being the worst when my friend couldn’t get her child out , because no one leaves that hospital. After going to court and being allowed to take the child home , the hospital killed her the next day. Another parent reached out to me that their baby wouldn’t be released without the vitamin k shot . They were told that they make money by forcing parents to give it to their babies even when the law doesn’t penalize you for not giving this neurotoxin chemical. They needed a lawyer to get their child out Stay away from this crazy place unless you enjoy being abused . First hand experience . It is a sick place to be . Find a better hospital( not sure where ) , but don’t go here .