Premier Yitzhak Rabin attended today’s Cabinet meeting with his shoulder in a plaster cast following a fall in his Tel Aviv home Friday which broke his collar bone. The latest X-rays showed that the bone was being held in place by the cast but doctors have advised the Premier that he would have some pain.
The accident occurred when Rabin slipped in his bathroom. Earlier reports that he fell on wet pavement outside his home were incorrect. He was taken to Tel Hashomer Hospital where X-rays determined the nature of the injury and the cast was applied. Mrs. Rabin spent most of yesterday on the telephone answering the calls of friends and colleagues who wished the Premier a speedy recovery.
Doctors said today that Rabin would have to wear the cast for another three weeks and did not promise that he would be without pain. They said, in fact, that the pain was likely to grow stronger as the healing process progressed. Rabin, in severe pain last night, summoned. his doctor who administered pain-killers. The Premier was able to resume his normal work schedule today.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
