An Elephant at Hadassah?
13-Feb-2006
When Hadassah's Trauma Unit nurse Etti Ben Yaakov isn't busy saving lives or training medics, she volunteers at the Tisch Family Zoo. One of the elephants is about to give birth, having undergone in vitro fertilization. Etti convinced Hadassah hospital to check the elephant's hormone levels so that the veterinarian can better time the complicated delivery. The administration was willing to help with the analyses, but made it clear that the elephant would not be allowed to give birth in the Charlotte R. Bloomberg Mother and Child Center!
