Israeli health care

'Ecology of healing': Israel's October 7 trauma victims say the system is failing them

DOMESTIC AFFAIRS: Experts say Israel’s war-trauma system must evolve from disability ratings to rehabilitation. Will the next Knesset prioritize reform?

Bereaved families, friends, and soldiers stand still as a two-minute siren sounds across Israel, marking Memorial Day which commemorates the fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror at the site of the Nova music festival massacre, in Re'im forest, near the Israel-Gaza border, April 21.
Doctors at BGU’s Medical School, Assuta Ashdod (Illustrative).

‘Direct danger to Israel’s health’: Medical schools deans fight bill pushing for gender segregation

Red Cross workers prepare to lower the coffin of Dr Tibenderana Katho Blaise who worked at the Centre Medical Evangelique (CME) in Hoho commune and died of Ebola virus, at the Nyamurongo cemetery in Bunia town, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 26, 2026.

Israel rules out Ebola cases after suspected patients test negative

MediWound’s EscharEx treatment, which is being tested in a global study for chronic wounds that fail to heal.

Israeli treatment that spared burn surgeries now aims to save limbs


Taub Center demands urgent reforms to elder care financing system

Over the past decade, the number of those eligible for LTC benefits from private insurance plans and the National Insurance Institute (NII) has almost doubled.

An elderly woman walks through a corridor of a retirement home as visits have been restricted due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) concerns, in Grevenbroich

Health Ministry’s amendment for control on potentially deadly opioid prescriptions endorsed

The ministry has recognized the fact that opioids were being dispensed by doctors in the US and more recently by Israeli physicians like candy for for treating severe pain.

 General view of the Ministry of Health building in Jerusalem October 17, 2021.

Coming soon in Israel: Graphic warnings of smoking damage on cigarette packets

A survey conducted by ICA has revealed that 84.4% of Israel's public is in favor of graphic warnings with photographs on boxes. 

 Cigarette boxes with an affixed, self-made cigarette label displaying graphic images (R) and those with the original label are pictured in the shop of tobacconist and kiosk owner Janine Schulzki in Berlin

Agreement signed to establish PTSD treatment centers throughout Israel

These centers will treat individuals in Israel's Defense Force along with their family members, and it is expected that the centers will significantly enhance the country's response to PTSD victims

People crying and hugging with the Israeli flag in the background

Israeli Health Min. issues workplace guide amid whooping cough epidemic

IIOSH issues recommendations to employers in an attempt to boost workplace productivity amid whooping cough epidemic.

 3D simulation of the dispersion of 'corona clouds' - droplet and aerosol spray emitted by coughing in a closed space

The challenges to Israel’s healthcare system, pre- and post-October 7

After recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, Israel's healthcare system is now dealing with the adversity brought upon by the October 7th terror attacks.

 Hundreds flock Ichilov in order to donate blood on Saturday

Health Ministry warns public not to go to unlicensed hyperbaric oxygen chambers

Treatment in unlicensed chambers may harm the health of the patients and endanger their lives, the ministry said.

 Jennifer Johnson tries out a portable hyperbaric oxygen chamber at the Super Show, the sporting goods industry's largest trade show at the World Congress Center in Atlanta.

Hostages given tranquilizers to 'look happy' upon release from captivity

Relatives of abductees ask: "Why isn't an official report issued on the health condition of the abductees?"

 with them again. Ohad Monder and his family in the hospital after he was released from Hamas

Israeli medical journal warns: Google is not a reliable source of medical advice - study

Medical staff are concerned that Internet sources of medical information are unreliable and could lead to erroneous decisions by patients.

 A computer user poses in front of a Google search page in this photo illustration taken in Brussels May 30, 2014.

Shortage of rehab beds as hospitals care for war wounded

With large numbers of war wounded, there is a noticeable shortage of rehabilitation beds, especially in Jerusalem and the North.

Medics wheel into the emergency room wounded Israeli men from the shooting attack in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, at the Hadassa Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem, on October 29, 2022.