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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


October 7 led to a nation of 'broken heart syndrome', study finds

Israel study finds almost 100% increase in "broken heart syndrome" since October 7 

Family members visit the graves of their loved ones at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on April 11, 2021

The birth of new babies is the best answer to the horrors, midwives say

Two Israeli midwives share their experiences during the ongoing war, emphasizing their commitment to bringing new life to the world amid adversity.


Assuta Ashdod Public Hospital to Economics Ministry : Give hospital security 'preferred' status

"In recent years, we have all witnessed a significant increase in violence in hospitals towards the medical staff.”

‘I refuse to believe that people come to a clinic to start a fistfight. The problem is that we are understaffed, that the facilities are insufficient and that patients often have to wait far too long.’

University hospital offers relief to those with kidney failure

Patients and relatives will learn at the hospital how to use equipment given to them and perform home dialysis.

 Prof. Adi Leiba with equipment and patient.

Israeli medical mission to Ethiopia educates on new forms of surgery

The Assuta Ashdod medical team will help to build a national training program for laparoscopic surgery in Ethiopia

Prof. Kashtan with team ahead of their trip to Ethiopia.

Israeli doctor pushes the frontier of surgery in Ethiopia

Prof. Hanoch Kashtan who recently joined Assuta Ashdod and his team have trained over twenty Ethiopian surgeons and nurses. 

 Prof. Hanoch Kashtan with his first patient at the hospital in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

This drug could stop Ashkenazi women from developing breast cancer 

Dr. Larisa Ryvo now works with Olaparib to prevent breast cancer from occurring or recurring.

 Dr. Ryvo checks her patient at Assuta Ashdod Hospital

Israeli virtual hospital gives health, hope to Palestinians

Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital has launched a new clinic for Arabs living in the territories. Its guiding principle is “we want to bring health to everyone.”

 Prof. Adi Leiba looks into his microscope at Assuta Ashdod Hospital

How to stop a child from experiencing pain during hospitalization

Assuta Ashdod’s pediatric department aims to provide a pain and anxiety free experience for its patients using medical clowns, playing movies, and providing tablets and toys.

 Dr. Noa Rosenfeld-Yehoshua at the pediatric ward in Assuta Ashdod Hospital

Around 6,000 Israelis die yearly of infectious disease. Home hospitals help

For the last five years, Assuta Ashdod has been at the forefront the home hospitalization program in Israel.

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