Hadassah Hospital Brings Relief To Cystic Fibrosis Patients

Hadassah researcher Prof Eitan Kerem. He hopes the drug will be able to treat other diseases caused by the nonsense mutation.Seminal research led by an Israeli team from Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem may yield dramatic relief for cystic fibrosis (CF) patients in the next few years. It also opens up new opportunities and hope for […]

Gal Gadot Receives Hadassah’s Power of Dreams Award

Gal Gadot Receives Hadassah’s Power of Dreams Award

This year, the Jerusalem Film Festival acknowledged not only achievements in cinema but also courage in advocating on behalf of Israel. Standing before a live audience of 7,000 film industry leaders and dignitaries on July 17, Israeli-born international movie star Gal Gadot proudly accepted Hadassah’s Power of Dreams Award, which praises the actress for “using […]

Health Minister Uriel Bosso and Health Ministry Director General Moshe Baran Siman Tov visit Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh)

Health Minister Uriel Bosso and Health Ministry Director General Moshe Baran Siman Tov visited Shamir Medical Center

Health Minister Uriel Bosso and Health Ministry Director General Moshe Baran Siman Tov visited Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh) today. The dignitaries met with Dr. Osnat Levtzion-Korach, Director of Shamir Medical Center, and together they toured the protected underground hospital complex, the three underground operating rooms, and met with the doctors and nurses hospitalized in […]

For the first time in Israel: Artificial heart is transplanted successfully

HADASSAH-UNIVERSITY Medical Center doctors are hard at work inserting an artificial heart into a patient, last week.(Hadassah-University Medical Center) (photo credit: Hadassah-University Medical Center)

For the first time in Israel, the successful transplant of a completely artificial heart was performed at Hadassah-University Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem in a 63-year-old patient who would have otherwise died. The patient’s heart was removed from his body and replaced with a special artificial heart made of titanium combined with biological animal tissues and […]

Emergency Shutdown At Several WIZO Schools Including CHW Nahalal Youth Village

Nahalal Emergency Shutdown

Due to the emergency situation in northern Israel right now, WIZO’s Emergency Committee met last night to review Israel’s Home Front Command directives and discuss how to implement them. As of this morning, all educational institutions, including CHW Nahalal Youth Village, and 20 daycare centres, as well as 11 of WIZO’s Israel school branches are […]

Miraculous kidney donation at Hadassah Hospital

Miraculous kidney donation at Hadassah Hospital The miraculous kidney donation began in the middle of the night at the Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem. It was managed and coordinated by the National Transplant Center. Dr. Tamar Ashkenazi, director of the National Transplant Center, was in charge of coordinating the transplant.  Alongside her […]

Wounded warriors find ways to heal at Hadassah’s new Gandel Rehab Center

Gandel Rehab Center

Wounded warriors find ways to heal at Hadassah’s new Gandel Rehab Center February 2024 “It’s been very meaningful that we are about the same age and in the same situation, all working together to get back from this hard time,” says a 29-year-old recovering Israeli soldier and yeshivah student. It’s late afternoon and among the […]

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