Emergency Shutdown At Several WIZO Schools Including CHW Nahalal Youth Village
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 […]
Hyperbaric Medicine Promising Treatment for Fibromyalgia
Hyperbaric Medicine Promising Treatment for Fibromyalgia July 2024 In an interview with HCPLive, Shai Efrati, MD, co-investigator and founder and director of the Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Research at Shamir Medical Center, explained how his research aims to address the root cause of fibromyalgia: damaged brain tissue. Results of Efrati’s study on hyperbaric oxygen […]
WIZO Receives Gold Rating
WIZO Receives Gold Rating WIZO has received a gold rating on the Maala Corporate Responsibility Index. The Maala ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Index, founded in 2003, is a framework used to assess the standards of corporate responsibility in Israel and measures the level of commitment and social-environmental impact of companies and organizations. The intensive audit […]
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 […]
CHW Hadassim Students Win Televised Zionist Quiz Competition
CHW Hadassim Students Win Televised Zionist Quiz Competition On Yom Haatzmaut Day, WIZO held their annual Israel Zionist Quiz Competition. Congratulations to the WIZO team from CHW Hadassim! Two of our CHW Hadassim students and their teacher won the world competition: Omer Barel,17 years, Uri Ben Yaakov, 17 years, and Baruch Yosef, history teacher. What a remarkable achievement. […]
CHW National President Lynn Gillman Honoured With Award
CHW National President Lynn Gillman Honoured With 40+ Year Ontario Volunteer Service Award On May 13 in Ottawa, our very own CHW National President was presented with a 40+ Year Ontario Volunteer Service Pin and certificate. The awards were presented by Ontario MPPs Stephan Blais and Lucille Collard. “I want to thank CHW for nominating […]
Wounded warriors find ways to heal at Hadassah’s new 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 […]
Hadassah opens new Gandel Rehabilitation Center four months early
Hadassah opens new Gandel Rehabilitation Center four months early as war stresses existing facilities February 2024 Hadassah’s new $137 million, multi-story rehabilitation center was scheduled to open in May on the medical organization’s Mount Scopus campus, the result of years of planning, fundraising and construction. But on the night of Oct. 7, seeing the devastation […]
New Gandel Rehab Center Welcomes First Patients
New Gandel Rehab Center Welcomes First Patients January 2024 The sounds of Hadassah representatives clapping and singing “Shalom Aleichem” welcomed the first patients into the Gandel Rehab Center at Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus on January 15, part of a phased opening of the new facility. These initial 12 patients in the War-Wounded Department will have […]
War caught Israeli rehab hospitals unprepared to handle number of wounded
Health authorities in Israel are making a major push to meet the demand for expanded facilities and treatment, but the question remains whether it can all be done in time. “COVID showed us our deficiencies in internal medicine. [The war] has highlighted our deficiencies in rehabilitation and mental health treatment,” Dr. Tamar Elram, director of […]
