Israeli hospitals

Hospitals across Israel begin transferring patients to protected underground units

The opening of the campaign against Iran this morning has put Israel’s health system on a wartime footing. The Health Ministry instructed hospitals to transfer inpatients to protected areas.

 Israeli soldiers and medical staff at the underground hospital at the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, on September 22, 2024.
 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

Silber family members with Shaare Zedek Medical Center staff.

Shaare Zedek Medical Center opens new center for reservists, first responders

Private medicine in Israel (illustrative)

How Medica quietly launched a private hospital network in Israel


One way Israel could protect hospitals from overload as COVID surges

Prime Minister Bennett has said that he will shift the country’s COVID policy to one that focuses not on total coronavirus cases but on whether or not the hospitals can manage their caseload.

Ichilov Medical team at the coronavirus unit, in the Ichilov hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel, July 28, 2020.

Bennett to shift COVID policy, focus on hospital capacity - report

The number of COVID cases or seriously ill patients will no longer be the determining factor for decisions on Israel's policy regarding enforced restrictions, according to N12.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is seen speaking at the Knesset, on July 5, 2021.

Why one religious woman chose to be a surrogate

Sara Cohen, an American-born Israeli, religious, manifested her idea of becoming a surrogate. She gave birth to two girls to a couple from Tel Aviv who conviviality and down-to-earthiness with her.

 A pregnant Sara Cohen with her husband

Israel, Bahrain enter their first medical cooperation initiative

After a meeting between the Director-General of Sheba Medical Center and the Director of Salmaniya Medical Complex, representatives agreed to a series of exchange programs.

An aerial photo of Sheba Medical Center-Tel Hashomer.

Rivlin meets with heads of public hospitals

Hospitals have been suffering for months from financial deficits that have now reached the lowest ebb.

Ichilov Medical team at the coronavirus unit, in the Ichilov hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel, July 28, 2020.

Israel ranks no. 1 in COVID-19 vaccine doses administered per capita

According to the recent data, Israel and the UK outrank other countries by far, with Israel ranking at 0.83%, followed by the UK with 0.74%.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the arrival of the first batch of Pfizer coronavirus vaccines in Israel

Israeli biotech firm's ALS treatment shows safety of use in trials

The objective of this trial was to evaluate the safety of their treatment, with a secondary objective of the trial of estimating its preliminary efficacy.

AstroRx cells

16 hospitals across Israel to switch over to natural gas

The hospitals will be connected to cogeneration power stations which will provide all required energy resources to the hospitals, including electricity, heating and air condition.

Israeli natural gas field in the Mediterranean

Israeli medical institutions, labs deficient at protecting patient data

The most acute problem among all institutions seemed to be in the realm of patient information being processed by external companies - some 40% of institutions were deficient.

A member of medical staff wearing a protective face mask, works at an N95 face mask collection point, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Cleveland Clinic hospital in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, April 20, 2020

How did Israel crack the coronavirus code and what's next?

Israeli doctors and scientists look back at how the country has handled COVID-19 and predict what might happen next

Israelis wear face masks for fear of the coronavirus as they walk through the market in Ramle on May 1, 2020. Daily Isaraeli life is slowly getting back after the outbreak of the Coronavirus.