Hadassah Hospital Protects and Heals in the Midst of Bedlam
Dozens were injured this morning when a bus transporting Palestinian schoolchildren and a truck collided on wet roads in northern Jerusalem. MDA and Police were alerted. Fire engines rushed to the scene near the Hizme village checkpoint that separates Jerusalem and the West Bank. Dead victims were removed from the burning vehicles.
Complex, Less Debilitating Treatment for Neuroendocrine Cancer Now Available in Israel at Hadassah
A treatment for neuroendocrine cancer that was previously only available abroad is now being provided at the Hadassah University Medical Center. Patients are injected with radioactive material that attaches to the malignant cell, absorbing and destroying it with minimal damage to other tissue. The new treatment is the outgrowth of three years of collaboration between Hadassah and Israel's Soreq Nuclear Research Center, an applied research and development institute affiliated with the Israel Atomic Energy Commission. The radioactive material is assembled at the Soreq Center and sent to Hadassah once a week at a set time.
"The Urology Department is privileged to be the first department to move into the new Sarah Wetsman Davidson Tower," notes Prof. Dov Podeh, Chair of the Department. "We are meticulously preparing for the move so that it will be as perfect as possible and will create minimal disruption for our patients," he says.
Grateful Vacationer/Patient Praises Hadassah’s Center for Emergency Medicine
A visitor to Israel, after suffering a miscarriage in the middle of the night, shared her gratitude for the excellent care she received in Hadassah's Judy and Sidney Swartz Center for Emergency Medicine. Click here to read her testimonial.
Hadassah Clinical Trial Reveals Safety and Efficacy of Stem Cell Technology in Treating ALS
"This may represent the biggest hope in the field of degenerative diseases like ALS," Prof. Dimitrios Karussis, head of the Hadassah University Medical Center's Multiple Sclerosis Center, said about the clinical trial just completed at Hadassah where stem cells were used to treat Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
Hadassah Physician/Marathon Runner Helps Unconscious Diabetic During Race
When Hadassah University Medical Center Senior Anesthesiologist Dr. David Gozal and his wife, Gabrielle, a Hadassah nurse, participated in the annual Spring Valley half-marathon in northern Israel, Dr. Gozal found himself aiding an unconscious diabetic he saw on the side of the road as he was running.
Hadassah Study Suggests Cancer Treatment for Kidney is Effective for Sarcoma Too
A recent study headed by Dr. Daniela Katz, Sarcoma Unit Coordinator at the Hadassah University Medical Center's Sharett Institute of Oncology, suggests that the biological therapy given to patients with kidney cancer is also effective for patients with sarcoma, a bone and soft tissue cancer.
Hadassah's Nursing Master’s Degree Program Celebrates 10th Anniversary and Honors Supporters
The Henrietta Szold Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing celebrated the 10th anniversary of its clinical master's program in advanced nursing practice in December and honored major supporters, the late Muriel and Philip Berman of Pennsylvania.
Underground Security and State-of-the Art Design: The Operating Rooms of the Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower
Designed and outfitted to meet the challenges of cutting-edge surgery today and the surgical changes of the decades to come, the 20 ultra-modern operating rooms in the Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower will all be on one floor, four floors underground, with the safeguards to handle biological or chemical attacks.
US Ambassador to Israel Calls Hadassah ”A Shining Example of American-Israeli Cooperation”
"We look at Hadassah as the premier medical institution in Israel and a shining example of American-Israeli cooperation," U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro said while visiting the Hadassah University Medical Center at the end of January.
Countdown Mode at the Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower
A recent visitor to Jerusalem said, “The Tower
looks absolutely majestic, as its triangular shapes shine in the
sunlight. The pillars of Jerusalem stone, which give a hint as to
what the main entrance will look like, make one think of a castle rather than a
hospital.” The first patients will move into the Tower on March 19, 2012.
Empowering Women to Take Control of Their Own Health—Hadassah Style
As part of the Hadassah University Medical Center's Women's Community Health Promotion Project, a women's Chanukah event taught the women of Gonnenim, one of Jerusalem poorest neighborhoods, relaxation exercises and ways to become health advocates for themselves and their families.
Hadassah Shares Expertise in Public Health with Nepal Colleagues
Dr. Yehudah Neumark,
Hadassah University Medical Center Senior Lecturer of Epidemiology and Director
of the International Masters in Public Health Program (IMPH) of the
Hadassah-Hebrew University Braun School of Public Health, recently presented a
week-long workshop in Nepal on Community-Oriented Primary Care (COPC), a public
health model developed at Hadassah.
Hadassah University Medical Center Hosts Bone Marrow Transplant Reunion
Two Israeli Arab children who received bone marrow transplants a year ago recently met with their Israeli Arab donors at a reunion hosted by the Hadassah University Medical Center.
Hadassah’s Judy and Sidney Swartz Center for Emergency Medicine: Filled to Capacity Seven Days a Week
The Judy and Sidney Swartz Center for Emergency Medicine at
the Hadassah University Medical Center, where occupancy is typically 148
percent, treats between 150-300 people every day, around the clock. At any
given time, a quarter of the patients may have already been admitted to the
hospital, but are awaiting a vacant bed in the department they need to be
transferred to, since those departments are at 100 percent occupancy!
Hadassah/Jerusalem Project Inspires UN and Africans to Reduce Spread of AIDS Through Circumcisions
Inspired by the Israeli Operation Abraham circumcision project, the United Nations and United States Government are spearheading a program to circumcise 20 million African men over the next five years to help reduce the spread of AIDS.
U.S. Senior Law Enforcement Officials Witness Hadassah’s Trauma Facility
Senior law enforcement officials from the United States visited the Hadassah University Medical Center's Judy and Sidney Swartz Center for Emergency Medicine to learn about Hadassah's Shock Trauma Unit and emergency preparedness initiatives.
Palestinian Publicist Praises Hadassah Medical Center After Personal Experience at the Hospital
In Israel’s leading daily
newspaper,Yediot Acharonot, Kamell
Husseini, a founder and manager of a Palestinian public relations and
communications firm in the West Bank city of Ramallah, praised the medical care
his mother received at the Hadassah University Medical Center.
