An American doctor who claimed to be an expert in acupuncture and presented credentials from the People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong to prove his claim, left Israel last week after picking up his final paycheck from Rambam Hospital in Haifa. Attempts by Dr. Michael Sentar to introduce acupuncture into Israeli medicine as a means of anesthetizing patients was declared a failure by the hospital. Dr. Sentar applied acupuncture in 10 cases but the technique worked in only one case, the hospital reported. Rambam Hospital, after consulting with the Health Ministry, offered the doctor a chance to prove his technique with the possibility of employment if he was successful. Dr. Sentar, departing for France, said at the airport, “I don’t know what happened to me in Israel.”
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