Soroka Medical Center

Israeli defenses 'not hermetic' military source says following Iran missile impact in Dimona, Arad

An initial inquiry found that the US THAAD interception system was supposed to intercept the missile over Arad but missed. It is currently being examined whether this was due to human error.

Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a missile fired from Iran toward Israel caused damage to residential buildings in the southern Israeli city of Arad, March 22, 2026.
The aftermath of an Iranian missile hit on an Arad apartment building, March 21, 2026.

'The whole house shook’: Residents describe experiences after Iranian missile exploded in Arad

First responders operate at a site of a direct missile strike on an Arad building, southern Israel, March 21, 2026

At least 84 wounded, 10 in serious condition after Iranian missile strikes Arad building

Dr. Ofira Azulay.  “This hospital feels like home.”

When the hospital became a battlefield, these women kept life moving forward


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.

Caring for patients’ spirits: Chaplains heal emotionally ailing at Soroka

The chaplaincy program at Soroka is one of the first of its kind in Israel.

BORUCH SIRIS at Soroka Medical Center. He jokes, ‘I get to wear a doctor’s jacket even though I didn’t go to medical school.

Soroka hospital closes coronavirus ICU after over a year

Some 185 coronavirus patients were treated in the ICU at Soroka during the outbreak, with 171 patients on ventilators.

STAYING CORONA-SAFE at Soroka

International Women's Day: The female doctors of Soroka

Brief profiles of five top physicians at Soroka Medical Center, part of Clalit Health Services

Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba

4-year-old airlifted to hospital after crocodile bite in southern Israel

"I heard screams - I went over and his hand looked like it had been torn off," the mother said.

A crocodile spotted in the northern moshav of Beit Hanania

Suicides of four Soroka physicians tied to stress on healthcare system

The committee said that hospital overcrowding and lack of staff was especially dire in the southern and northern periphery regions.

Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba

Soroka researchers develop new method to diagnose heart attack

The preliminary research tested the presence of troponin, which is found in the blood heart attack patients, in the patients' saliva.

Virtual image of human heart

Doctor: 'Leave phone at home, avoid quarantine' - Health Ministry outraged

The Health Ministry condemned Prof. Ruti Shako Levi for stating that people should leave their phones at home so as to avoid entering quarantine following the Tel Aviv protest.

Protesters attend a Rabin Square demonstration against government economic policies amid the coronavirus pandemic

Pregnant woman dies at Soroka Medical Center after husband beat her

The woman was brain-dead from Friday and succumbed to her injuries on Saturday night.

Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba

IDF soldier who lost leg in terror attack released from hospital

"I am sure he will come back to visit us when he is standing on his feet," said Dr. Amir Korengreen, Director of the Orthopedic Trauma Unit who operated on Ibrahim.

MEN EXIT the emergency room at Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba.