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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 […]
March of the Living 2022
On Yom Hashoah and we are very proud to share that a delegation from Shaare Zedek, including Director General Professor. Ofer Merin and President Professor Jonathan Halevy, took part in the annual March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau. They joined the mission of the Jerusalem Municipality led by Mayor Moshe Lion. This was the first […]
Heartbeat 2022
We are delighted to share this special edition of Heartbeat, celebrating 120 years of the Shaare Zedek Medical Centre. Shaare Zedek has always been ready to provide support whenever Israel and the world has needed us. This issue is packed full of stories of hope in the darkest of times. You will read about how […]
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 […]
Cyber Attack Drill
In the wake of a series of large-scale cyber-attacks against medical institutions in Israel and around the world, Shaare Zedek Medical Centre held a major drill this week to test the hospital’s readiness in the face of such an attack. The drill, which took place in the middle of the night, simulated a significant digital […]
Misconceptions about Conception
On March 30th we partnered with Chana to host a webinar on ‘Misconceptions about Conception. Shaare Zedek Medical Centre’s, Dr Jordana Hyman In-Vitro Fertilization and Infertility Specialist and Gilat Sacks MSc Senior Embryologist and Clinical Coordinator for the IVF laboratory joined Dr Veronique Berman, Chair of Chana’s Medical Advisory Panel and inhouse scientific advisor. […]
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 […]
A Purim visit from President Herzog
On March 15th, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog visited Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Centre with his wife Michal. Together they delivered Mishloach Manot packages to patients in the Wilf Children’s Hospital and also met representatives from the medical, paramedical and administrative branches of the hospital. Staff members shared their personal and professional experiences and challenges over […]
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 […]
Pulse 2021
We hope you enjoy our update from the hospital where you will read about the incredible care our doctors gave 83-year-old Eliya, a cardiac patient whose condition was caught and his life saved because of covid, as well many other uplifting stories of hope. This Rosh Hashanah we all hope to be able to celebrate […]
Heartbeat 2021
After a very difficult year, we hope reading Heartbeat will bring you some joy, hope, and pride in the charity you have been so supportive of! Please click below to read ‘stories of hope from an unprecedented year’.