Israeli hospitals

Health Ministry report reveals long wait times for MRI, surgeries at hospitals and clinics

Health insurance provider, area of residence, and the hospital where they are treated are all factors in how long a patient waits for care.

MRI scan.
 Israeli soldiers and medical staff at the underground hospital at the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, on September 22, 2024.

Hospitals across Israel begin transferring patients to protected underground units

 An ambulance is seen at the entrance to the emergency room of Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan, Israel, July 15, 2023.

Israel's Sheba Hospital ranks seventh in list of world's best hospitals for Newsweek and Statista

Silber family members with Shaare Zedek Medical Center staff.

Shaare Zedek Medical Center opens new center for reservists, first responders


Ziv Medical Center launches US charity to step up care for needy communities

Professor Salman Zarka wants to expand and upgrade care in the north of the country.

 Prof. Salman Zarka.

Man's best friend: Therapy dogs are crucial for terminally-ill patients - study

Full-time, specially trained ‘facility dogs’ in hospitals profoundly benefit patients of all ages receiving palliative care as well as the medical staff.

Three Labrador retrievers named Sadie, Tess and Yuki, and a Golden retriever named Samson, help detect people infected with coronavirus in Hawaii.

Fully staffed schools for hospitalized children

The organization provides educational solutions for 140,000 hospitalized children annually in 41 general, psychiatric, rehabilitative and nursing hospitals.

A HEALTH worker administers a COVID test to a child at a Maccabi HMO clinic.

Dr. Daniel Trotzky appointed deputy director of Shamir Medical Center

Trotzky, who has managed the ER at the medical center for the past three years, will be replacing Dr. Yizhak Scharf.

 Dr. Daniel Trotzky, new deputy director of Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh)

Israeli customer attacks pharmacists because of long wait in queue

After the attack by an impatient customer, the pharmacist was slightly injured and was taken to Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv.

 Illustration photo of Super Pharm drug store and pharmacy at the Hadar mall in Jerusalem, on April 30, 2018.

The Hametz Law and Supreme Court coercion - opinion

Opposition leader MK Yair Lapid lambasted the legislation, accusing the coalition of having dismantled the Passover holiday.

 Workers prepare matza, traditional unleavened bread eaten during the 8-day Jewish holiday of Passover, in "Yehuda Matzos" Plant in Jerusalem March 29, 2023.

Budget for shortening shifts at hospitals to be included in state budget

The plan will be enacted in stages, beginning in the periphery of the country and with a goal of shifts that are no longer than 16 hours.

 Empty beds in the intensive care unit at the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on October 14, 2021.

Israeli hospitals regularly overcrowded, not enough investment from gov't

Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center asked Magen David Adom not to bring urgent patients to its emergency department until further notice because it is at 300% capacity.

 Shaare Zedek hospital team members wearing safety gear as they work in the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on September 23, 2021.

Family's presence during medical rounds can be detrimental - Israeli study

Medical researchers have noticed a decline in patient health, correlating with a family's presence at rounds.

The coronavirus ICU at Galilee Medical Center

Health Min. reforms to allow public to receive treatment at hospital of choice

At present, the public do not have control over which hospital they are sent to when in need of treatment.

 Empty beds in the intensive care unit at the Coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on October 14, 2021.