Pediatrics

"Mom, my stomach hurts": How to know when it is temporary pain and when a check-up is needed

Abdominal pain is the leading reason for emergency room visits among children aged 5 and older. A doctor explains when an examination is necessary and what you can do at home.

FEBRUARY 22, 2026|ByDR. LEE OVNAT, SPECIALIST IN PEDIATRIC MEDICINE

AWO AND Sumaya from Somaliland with Israeli volunteer Ella in the middle.

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.

DECEMBER 31, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Small patients, big emergencies

From Sedation Innovations to Trauma Response: What Happens Behind the Scenes in Pediatric Emergency Care.

NOVEMBER 27, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, IN COLLABORATION WITH HADASSAH

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

As Israel struggles with a nationwide physician shortage, the arrival of doctors, nurses, and psychologists from North America highlights both the urgency and the hope of aliyah-driven solutions.

AUGUST 27, 2025|ByGABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE

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.

MARCH 5, 2020ByROSSELLA TERCATIN

Hadassah opens new pediatric bone marrow transplantation unit

“The new unit will significantly expand Hadassah’s pediatric BMT capacity and will enable the hospital to provide life-saving BMT treatment to approximately 100 children each year,”

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

A father holds his son who had a bone marrow transplant at Hadassah during the ceremony to inaugurate the new center

Save a Child's Heart creates small miracles

“I owe my life to this incredible NGO."

JULY 12, 2019BySHLOMO MAITAL

Balkis and her daughter, Fatma, from Tanzania

All parents in Jerusalem should be fighting for world-class cancer care

"Any parent who has the choice to take their child to a different pediatric oncology department would be well advised to do so to receive world-class treatment."

FEBRUARY 5, 2018ByBEN SHAFFER