Winehouse goes to rehab in Israel
(Friday May 23, 2008 12:40 AM)
Troubled soul star Amy Winehouse will fly to Israel for rehabilitation treatment in a bid to finally kick her drug addiction.
The Rehab hitmaker will undergo "very short, intensive and effective treatment" costing GBP6,400 within the next few weeks at the Barzilai Medical Centre.
Eliezer Cohen, chairman of the Israel Anti-Drug Authority, claims the clinic agreed to treat the 24-year-old following a request from her management.
He says, "They spoke to a renowned Israeli institution and an Israeli professor who conducts a very special and effective method. She has requested to come to him to do this method, since it's a method that is suitable for her."
Winehouse - who will receive 36 hours of therapy - will be treated by Andre Waismann, who promises success.
He says, "All of my patients are discharged healthy and no longer dependent. There is a misunderstanding about drug addiction. People think it is a social and psychological problem, but it's a neurological problem.
"Whether it's Amy Winehouse or anyone else, it is a privilege to be able to treat anyone who is opiate-dependent, and allow them to live a normal life."
It is not the first time Winehouse has sought help for her addictions - the singer, who has faced a long and public battle against drugs and alcohol, checked into a rehab clinic in London in January after a video showing her allegedly taking a variety of illegal substances was passed on to The Sun.
(Friday May 23, 2008 12:40 AM)
Troubled soul star Amy Winehouse will fly to Israel for rehabilitation treatment in a bid to finally kick her drug addiction.
The Rehab hitmaker will undergo "very short, intensive and effective treatment" costing GBP6,400 within the next few weeks at the Barzilai Medical Centre.
Eliezer Cohen, chairman of the Israel Anti-Drug Authority, claims the clinic agreed to treat the 24-year-old following a request from her management.
He says, "They spoke to a renowned Israeli institution and an Israeli professor who conducts a very special and effective method. She has requested to come to him to do this method, since it's a method that is suitable for her."
Winehouse - who will receive 36 hours of therapy - will be treated by Andre Waismann, who promises success.
He says, "All of my patients are discharged healthy and no longer dependent. There is a misunderstanding about drug addiction. People think it is a social and psychological problem, but it's a neurological problem.
"Whether it's Amy Winehouse or anyone else, it is a privilege to be able to treat anyone who is opiate-dependent, and allow them to live a normal life."
It is not the first time Winehouse has sought help for her addictions - the singer, who has faced a long and public battle against drugs and alcohol, checked into a rehab clinic in London in January after a video showing her allegedly taking a variety of illegal substances was passed on to The Sun.
