Israeli health care

One woman's fight for genetic testing led to an Israeli national policy shift - opinion

The Israeli Basket of Health Services now includes preimplantation genetic testing and in vitro fertilization (PGT-IVF) for individuals carrying three specific genetic markers.

Illustrative image of Invitro therapy.
 An ambulance is seen at the entrance to the emergency room of Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan, Israel, July 15, 2023.

Israel's Sheba Hospital ranks seventh in list of world's best hospitals for Newsweek and Statista

Cutting the ribbon at the new Ra'am Center.

President Herzog inaugurates Meuhedet’s Ra’am Medical Center in Rehovot

A woman picking out produce at a market.

Not a status, but series of moments: What it truly means to become Israeli - opinion


Israeli healthcare expenditure rises, remains below OECD average

While current national healthcare expenditure as a share of GDP is lower than average spend in OECD countries, Israel's expenditure was higher than 10 other OECD nations.

Nurses take care of newborn babies at a nursery in Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Center in Jerusalem

Nurses strike ends, sides to return to negotiating table

The Health Ministry applied for the court injunction early on Wednesday morning to force the end of strike action.

Israel Nurses Union chairwoman Ilana Cohen with Health Ministry director-general Moshe Bar-Siman-Tov (R) after the debate at the Tel Aviv District Labor Court, July 24, 2019

Study: Increasing number of hospital beds won't solve overcrowding

"Conversations with physicians have revealed that they feel additional hospital beds will not significantly change the situation, and that what needs to change are hospitalization procedures."

Doctors treat internal medicine ward patients in Israeli hospital corridors