Extraordinary things continue to happen at Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus.
When Ruhama’s mother was pregnant with her, she experienced severe pregnancy complications, causing Ruhama to be born prematurely, weighing just over 1 pound. Ruhama was delivered by C-section at 24 weeks by senior obstetrician Dr. Simcha Yagel and spent six months in the NICU before being discharged weighing 5.2 pounds.
Now 24 years old, Ruhama gave birth to her first child — a healthy baby boy — with Dr. Yagel, who had stayed in touch over the years, present at the delivery. The family, coming full circle, described the moment as emotional and one of “true healing” of the difficult birth decades ago.
As Dr. Yagel said, “I followed her through life’s milestones and was honored to support her during this pregnancy. The delivery was smooth, and seeing her healthy baby — six times her birth weight — was deeply moving.”
Ruhama’s father added, “This birth felt like a real closure to the birth from 24 years ago. Ruhama is recovering, and we are overjoyed to welcome our first grandchild.”
When it comes to pediatric care, Hadassah is about delivering hope for Israel’s littlest, most vulnerable patients and their families.
The Rady Mother and Child Center at Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus provides top-tier care for 6,000 babies born there per year in a 10-suite delivery facility that provides expectant mothers with both state-of-the-art facilities and a warm ambience. The hospital’s Pediatric Emergency Room treats up to 18,000 patients each year with advanced features, including an anesthesiology supply system, a computerized nurse’s station that centralizes data and an isolation room.
Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem’s Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Unit (PCCCU) cares for in-utero cases, newborns, children and adolescents, as well as heart diseases and abnormalities that manifest later in childhood. Every day, the PCCCU strives to meet the demands of an ever-expanding patient base.
