Pediatrics

Medical ties linked Israel and Somaliland years before formal recognition

For more than two decades, the Israeli NGO Save a Child’s Heart has provided cardiac care to children from Somaliland, bringing patients to Israel for surgery at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon.

AWO AND Sumaya from Somaliland with Israeli volunteer Ella in the middle.
Small Patients, Big Emergencies

Small patients, big emergencies

The 65th charter flight organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh in partnership with the Aliyah Ministry and the Jewish Agency. arrives at Ben-Gurion Airport with 225 new immigrants to Israel, August 20, 2025.

Israel needs doctors: New immigrants step in where the system falls short

 CHILDREN WITH cancer participate in a seven-day journey away from their hospitals.

Coping with cancer in war time is another battle for children - opinion


Wolfson Medical Center opens Helmsley Pediatric Heart Institute

The hospital said that the new department will expand the capabilities of its existing pediatric cardiology unit.

The Helmsley Pediatric Heart Institute at the Sylvan Adams Children’s Hospital at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon, Israel

Does bedwetting indicate a child’s emotional suffering?

When should parents start worrying about nighttime bedwetting? When should they think it's due to an emotional problem? Dr. Hadassah Troan answers the questions.

 Sleeping child

Conjoined twins, separated in Israel last month, leave hospital

The operation the children underwent is extremely rare – having been performed only about 20 times – and now, for the first time in Israel.

 Dr. Mickey Gideon Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Soroka University Medical Center and one of the lead surgeons of the operation, with the twins.

Technion and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital bring pediatrics to the future

The Technion and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center are working on combining advanced technology with medical expertise in order to revolutionize children's healthcare.

Medical personnel is seen examining blood samples at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel.

New hospital protocol reduces invasive medical procedures in children

The procedure has seen a 90% efficiency rate in detecting foreign items in the airways of children, and the number of bronchoscopies performed in 2020 significantly decreased from previous years.

r. Inbal Golan Tripto, a specialist in pediatric pulmonary medicine and Dr. Shani Pozilov, who specializes in pediatrics in the Second Department of Pediatrics at the Saban Center for Pediatrics in Soroka.

Medical cannabis may be effective for young epilepsy patients

Hebrew University team completed the first-ever meta-analysis of pediatric patients treated with medical cannabis

CBD oil is seen displayed at The Cannabis World Congress & Business Exposition (CWCBExpo) trade show

ALYN Hospital prevails through pandemic challenges to save disabled youth

Friends of ALYN Hospital adapted to this year's challenge by establishing the #MyALYNRide cycling campaign to encourage riders globally to help raise funds for the hospital.

Dr Eliezer Be'eri with a child on a respirator.

Saved by surgery: Assuta doc removes pencil stuck in child’s leg

“This is the opportunity to ask the parents, especially now when children are not in formal frameworks: Make sure their activities are supervised."

Kirel Alabogin with the 7-centimeter pencil that had been stuck in his leg

Pediatric coronavirus cases see significant spike in the US, study finds

"While children generally don’t get as sick with the coronavirus as adults, they are not immune and there is much to learn about how easily they can transmit it to others."

Children are returning to school in Israel amid the coronavirus pandemic. August 24, 2020.

Superstar pediatrician hopes to advance his research in Israel

Dr. Harvey Karp lands in Tel Aviv with event to teach 1,000 parents to sooth their babies in sixty seconds or less.

Illustrative image of a newborn baby