Assuta ashdod university hospital

Six-month-old baby receives surgery months after swallowing package of staples

The baby’s parents sought medical treatment several times, after the baby suffered for about a month and a half from persistent coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath.

Staples found in a six-month-old's esophagus.
More and more laboring women are choosing to enter the pool instead of the delivery bed

The new trend capturing delivery rooms in Israel

A RESCUE TEAM evacuates a wounded person by helicopter near Sderot on October 7, 2023.

Years of disaster drills kept Israeli hospitals running - until Oct. 7 exposed the gaps

The entrance to the Bibas family home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, near Gaza border, in southern Israel, February 25, 2025

IDF's October 7 defense failure was at root of evacuation breakdowns, gov't probe finds


Dr. Galit Kaufman: Assuta Ashdod is a 'fortress of care' on Israel’s front line

Assuta Ashdod Public University Hospital CEO Dr. Galit Kaufman blends wartime reality with a call for bold, compassionate leadership in healthcare

Assuta Ashdod Public University Hospital CEO Dr. Galit Kaufman

Four-week-old infant in Ashdod died of respiratory failure, Health Ministry says

The Health Ministry investigation revealed that the baby had consumed Nutrilon products from a batch of products recently recalled for containing excessive toxin levels.

 View of the Assuta Medical Center in Ashdod.

It wasn’t a miracle. We were prepared: Assuta Ashdod Hospital on Innovation and Humanity in Israel

At the Jerusalem Post Miami Conference, Adv. Yael Yativ explained how Israel’s newest public hospital not only saved lives after Oct. 7th but is also the beacon of hope for Southern Israel.

Yael Yativ ,CEO of Friends of Assuta Ashdod Public Hospital Associations  Director of Development – Assuta Ashdod Public University Hospital

Israeli hospital honors Chaim Herzog after Dublin renames ex-president's park

Assuta Ashdod to dedicate campus garden to Israel’s sixth president after Dublin committee moves on Herzog Park; announced Sunday, in Ashdod.

The late president Chaim Herzog, and the new garden bearing his name at Assuta Ashdod hospital on Sunday

Virtual world enters treatment rooms: VR glasses reduce anxiety among patients in Israel

Hospitals and health insurance providers are integrating VR technology into routine medical treatments.

A patient at Clalit before a blood test.

“We’re Always Ready”: Inside ASSUTA ASHDOD PUBLIC HOSPITAL’s Unshakable Wartime Setup

How a young hospital near the Gaza envelope became a model of agility, resilience, and quiet heroism amid war.

 Assuta Ashdod Public Hospital: “When challenges come, we don’t just react- we build systems.”

Yael Yativ honors wounded soldier in emotional tribute at Jerusalem Post panel

“He was connected to every machine… and then he opened his eyes”, Yativ recalls a battlefield miracle

 Yael Yativ (left) with Yoav Zivoni (center) and attorney Nitzana Darshan-Leitner: "We are resilient.”

Assuta Ashdod Hospital receives award at 'Post' conference in New York

Hospital CEO: Excellence in medical care is not just treating a disease. It’s about healing people”

Dr. Erez Barenboim, CEO, Assuta Ashdod Public Hospital and Ran Sa’ar, Chairman, Samson Assuta Hospital & Chairman, Maccabi Healthcare Services

'It is critical that we address the emotional trauma that we have experienced since October 7'

Head of Trauma Rehab Center at Assuta Ashdod speaks at the Jerusalem Post Miami Summit.

 Dr. Lucian Tatsa-Laur, head of the new Trauma Rehabilitation Center at Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital and Yael Yativ, Senior Director of Development and CEO of Friends of Assuta Ashdod Associations at the Jpost Miami Summit

Israeli company EyeControl creates revolutionary medical technology

EyeControl improves clinical outcomes, prevent cognitive decline, and enhance the patient and family experience.“We are honoured to be able to support every patient – but especially our soldiers."

 REUT YIRMI-FISH an ICU nurse at Assuta Ashdod and a patient use EyeControl.