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It’s hard to fathom that nearly a year has passed since the horrific events of October 7th, a day that forever altered the very essence of life in Israel and for the global Jewish community. As a hospital community, Shaare Zedek has played a very active part in Israel’s medical response to October 7th treating […]
A Wartime Journey of Recovery and Life
From the Trauma Unit to the Delivery Room. Just nine months after he was seriously injured in battle in Khan Yunis Gilad Rachamim Aviad returned to Shaare Zedek for an altogether different and far happier reason- the birth of a son. In the early weeks of the war Gilad was serving as a reservist in […]
Professor Merin – Operation Swords of Iron Update
Update on Operation Swords of Iron, from Professor Ofer Merin, Director General of Shaare Zedek Medical Centre
Dr David Applebaum z”l
This year marks the 20th Yahrzeit of Dr David Applebaum z”l. An incredible man who dedicated his life to healing and changed the path of emergency medicine. He pioneered the idea of immediate care clinics in Israel (Terem), to divert non-emergency cases from hospital emergency rooms and was considered ‘a master of emergency medicine’ by […]
Meet our Marathon Runner – Jeremy!
We spoke to Jeremy Feldman, from Borehamwood who is raising money for Shaare Zedek at this years London Marathon. Here is what he had to say about prepping for the big day
Wes Streeting visits Shaare Zedek Medical Centre
Wes Streeting MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care visited Shaare Zedek Medical Center Jerusalem last week. He was joined by Steve McCabe MP, Chair of Labour Friends of Israel and was treated to a tour of our new Radiotherapy Centre. They were both blown away with what they saw. ‘My visit […]
United mission to save seriously ill Israeli girl from Ukraine
Hatzolah Air, MDA and Shaare Zedek Combine Forces to Evacuate 18 Year Old Israeli Woman With Serious Brain Infection From Ukrainian Hospital An 18-year-old Israeli woman who had been studying in Ukraine and remained in the country after the outbreak of the war to assist in local relief efforts, recently developed a serious neurological condition […]
Leaving Hospital Just Days After Injury
One of the victims of the terror attack in Gush Etzion on was rushed to Shaare Zedek to be treated. Thankfully after only two days of care he has been able to leave hospital. Making his way out of the cardiothoracic ward where he had been treated he was joined by his pregnant wife […]
Shaare Zedek treats Ukrainian refugees
We have all watched the devastating scenes of war in Ukraine. Today Wednesday 16th March 2022 it is with great pride that we share that Shaare Zedek Medical Center Jerusalem is helping three refugees, who are now safely being treated at the Hospital. The Trauma Unit has triaged three female patients evacuated from war-ravaged regions […]
My life at Shaare Zedek – Shwester Selma
Schwester Selma was the first Head Nurse at Shaare Zedek Medical Centre. Her compassionate style of nursing established the Hospitals model of care for all time. Arriving from Germany in 1916, in the midst of a Typhoid epidemic in Jerusalem, she tackled this with competence and care. In 1936, she founded and directed our […]
Something to celebrate
There are some people doing a little happy dance right now at Shaare Zedek Medical Center Jerusalem / המרכז הרפואי שערי צדק and we think they deserve to, just a little, don’t you? Keter Department A in Shaare Zedek Medical Center which was the first department in Jerusalem opened to treat coronavirus patients has closed after the […]
An Update from Israel – 03.05.20
Dear Friends, We hope that you and your families continue to be well and remain healthy during this continuously challenging time. There is undoubtedly considerable optimism that Israel’s first major Corona wave is behind us. Guided by the statistics and local trends, this is now the principle which is guiding our hospital’s current Corona […]