The condition of Rabbi Morris Adler, who was shot during Sabbath services at his Temple Shaarey Zedek last Saturday by a demented youth who shot himself also and has since died, continued to be “very, very grave, ” a medical bulletin issued today at Sinai Hospital reported.
According to the medical and surgical teams attending Rabbi Adler, the physicians are “seriously concerned” about his chances for survival. The hospital said that the rabbi is still in a coma, as he has been since he was admitted last Saturday noon. Six blood transfusions have been given the rabbi, and his loss of blood is considered one of the chief difficulties in his case, physicians stated.
Dr. Stephen Gurdjian, head of the neurosurgical department of Wayne State University’s Medical College here, joined the specialists already at work on the case today. The other specialists aiding Dr. Adler are Dr. Harvey Gass and Dr. Milton Sorock. Meanwhile, prayers for Rabbi Adler’s recovery continued here today in many Protestant, Catholic and Jewish houses of worship.
Today many more messages of sympathy over Rabbi Adler’s condition were received both by his family and his congregation. Hospital authorities said that, at one point this week, so many telephone calls were being received from abroad, inquiring about the rabbits condition, that they had to ask local callers not to telephone.
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