"Witches do not cause epilepsy"
"Four years ago, then-director-general of Soroka (and now outgoing Health Ministry director-general) Dr. Eitan Hai-Am found a donor for an important way to reach children with epilepsy – the publication of a Hebrew-language children’s book called Gveret Epilepsia (Ms. Epilepsy). Written by Shai Dannenberg, colorfully illustrated by Ina Katzav and published by Orion Books, the hard-cover volume simply tells the story of how a boy in first grade named Shai was ostracized by his classmates for having epilepsy.
His teacher Ronit, noting his loneliness, tells her entire class the story of a land called Lomargishtov (don’t feel well, in Hebrew), which was inhabited by strange, tiny and transparent creatures, each of them connected to a different conditions, some of them infectious. One always had a runny nose, and another a sore throat. Ms. Stomachache was obviously just as unpopular, just like Ms. Flu. The last three were Ms. Diabetes, Mr. Headache and finally Ms. Epilepsy."
His teacher Ronit, noting his loneliness, tells her entire class the story of a land called Lomargishtov (don’t feel well, in Hebrew), which was inhabited by strange, tiny and transparent creatures, each of them connected to a different conditions, some of them infectious. One always had a runny nose, and another a sore throat. Ms. Stomachache was obviously just as unpopular, just like Ms. Flu. The last three were Ms. Diabetes, Mr. Headache and finally Ms. Epilepsy."
