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Netivot shows how Israel’s periphery can become its center - opinion

Netivot merges innovation and faith, turning Israel’s periphery into a thriving hub.

Carol Ann Schwartz, national president of Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, at the inauguration.
 View of a new Intensive care unit built in the underground parking lot of the Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital, in Jerusalem, October 25, 2023.

As Iran war broke out, United Hatzalah volunteers transferred patients to underground wards

‘David the Servant King’ takes the stage.

A manicure, a memorial and the music of David - opinion

Coalition Chair MK Ofir Katz; Hadassah Director Prof. Yoram Weiss; Hadassa US pres. Carol Ann Schwartz, ; Chair of the Hadassah BoD Dalia Itzik; Health Minister Haim Katz; Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana; Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman; and Netivot Mayor Yehiel Zohar.

Hadassah opens new Netivot medical center to expand advanced care in Israel’s south


Sderot man treated for pulmonary embolism from long stay in safe room

Hadassah cardiologists saved a man from Sderot after the first documented case of pulmonary embolism from sitting in a safe room for too long, moving in cramped spaces recommended

 Prof. Eyal Herzog, F. recuperating in cardiac intensive care unit, and Dr. Gabbi Elbaz.

Fallen IDF soldier's donated organs save Israeli lives

Shoham Ben Harush wanted his organs to have a life-changing impact on others, his father said. In the end, they did.

 Family and friends attend the funeral of Sgt. Shoam Moshe Ben-Harush who died of his wounds after being severely injured in the Hamas terrorist on October 7, 2023, at the Haspin cemetery in northern Israel, on October 27, 2023

Chronically ill Hadassah patient has coffee date of a lifetime

Due to his illness, Hatem is usually unable to leave the hospital. Due to the efforts of Hadassah medical staff, that changed for a day.

 Hatem enjoys his coffee outing with Hadassah-University Medical Center staff.

Israel makes cancer treatment breakthrough with genomic profiling

Hadassah-University Medical Center and a pharmaceutical company offer personalized cancer care based on genomic profiling.

Cancer (Illustrative)

Israelis find breakthrough treatment for cancer patients' severe itching

The study aimed at eradicating chronic pruritus attracted great international interest after it was presented at the annual conference of the European Association for Clinical Immunology and Allergy.

 Finding ways to stop the progression of cancer (Illustrative).

Hadassah trains Palestinian Authority doctor to treat endometriosis

34-year-old Dr. Abu Khattab from the Palestinian territories chose to specialize in gynecology and study advanced laparoscopic surgery to treat endometriosis.

 Dr. Abu Khattab is seen at Hadassah-University Medical Center in Jerusalem's Ein Kerem.

Grapevine August 16, 2023: Cut the talking

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG receives from Michael Oren his visionary book ‘2048: The Rejuvenated State.’

Hospital accidentally injects 5 pregnant women with rabies vaccine

The five pregnant women came to Hadassah-University Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem for anti-D vaccination but were mistakenly given the "almost identical" rabies shot.

 A pregnant woman gets vaccinated (illustrative).

Doctors treat hypoglycemic lung cancer patient with breast cancer drug - study

The patient with malignant lung cancer suffered from a rare complication in which the tumor secretes a protein that causes acute hypoglycemia. Israeli doctors used a breast cancer drug to treat it.

 An illustrative image of lung cancer.

Israeli surgeons save newborn baby from rare ovarian torsion

Ovarian torsion is the most common complication of an untreated ovarian cyst. It is an emergency that must be treated as quickly as possible.

 In the photo from left: Dr. Shai Porat; Dr. Dan Arbel; and Noa Ofek-Shloma’i, with the baby in her arms.