Passover Causing Jews to Pass Out, Doctors Say

Passover, which begins tomorrow night, never passes by without a surge in emergency room traffic, according to one area physician. Dr. Tucker Woods, chairman at Long Island College Hospital’s emergency department, tells the Post he sees “an uptick in total patient volume during Passover.”

It seems the heavy cleaning leading up to Passover – intended to rid the home of chametz – is taking its toll: “We see a little bit of everything. Dizziness from fumes, slips from highly buffed floors or wet bathroom tiles.”

Then there are the cooking injuries. Plastic surgeon Gary Kimmel says he’s come to expect Passover injuries like “knife wounds from cutting food, burns from stovetops, and even fingers chopped up in blenders.” Dr. Woods also sees an influx in food-allergy cases reported on the night of the Seder. And with the sudden scarcity of Tam Tams, those beloved bite-sized Matzo crackers, who knows what new food combinations will add to this year's E.R. exodus. Be careful, chosen people!

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By John Del Signore in News on April 18, 2008 10:42 AM

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CR

Thank you for not putting the word "Oy!" in the title, or anywhere in the post.

jimmylegs

i nominate fishermb Mensch of the Day.

Snoopy

matts is correct, especially if you are a goyim and start telling jewish jokes to your future inlaws.

matts

It's best not to drink too much at the seder either.

bxbrian

@7

Unorganized religion is where it's at.

fishermb

There's nothing worse than going to hospital for a case of charoses of the liver.

(Sorry, I can never let that pun go).

Snoopy

A schmear of Chamitz is not so bad. A sandwich of it could be sickening.

Blairy Blair

organized religion is for suckers.

JenChungsBaby

Manischewitz does have a sugar content somewhere just below straight Coke syrup, but there are some good kosher wines that aren't like that. Thankfully, I swore off extended seders years ago. I've been through a few though. Now I just drink my wine with the brisket.

JMH

Mmmmmm, four cups of wiiiiiiiiine...

bxbrian

wouldn't the wine give you a wicked sugar-high?

interlard

If only Moses had told them to leave the blender behind, none of this would have happened.

JenChungsBaby

I thought from the title of this post that this was going to be about the four cups of wine you're supposed to drink on an empty stomach while trying to get through a three-hour-long seder.

bxbrian

Hey JDS,

Thanks for holding back on the open opportunity for a religion/Jew jab. I might be a frequent reader/commenter that's more on the whining side, but that's pretty cool that you took the high road. Not a Jew here, not a believer either, just a guy that thought you did the right thing.

I cleaned my bathroom last night: can I get rid of Chametz now too?