Jorge Diener, Executive Director of Hadassah International Documents Visit At Hadassah Before Oct 7
It was the best night’s sleep I had had since my open-heart surgery. Almost three weeks into my successful recovery, I felt I had reached the point of independence and relative comfort that had allowed me to enjoy a long night of deep sleep, alone in my room in Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem’s Sarah Wetsman Davidson […]
The Beating of Tiny Hearts | February 2024
Weekly Story: Remembering the Incredible life of Israeli Icon, Ruth Dayan
Israeli feminist, fashion and peace icon, Ruth Dayan, passed away this week. President Reuven Rivlin eulogized her as “a woman who became an Israeli legend in her own lifetime.” She was laid to rest in her beloved agricultural community of Nahalal.
Wounded warriors find ways to heal at Hadassah’s new rehab center
“It’s been very meaningful that we are about the same age and in the same situation, all working together to get back from this hard time,” says a 29-year-old recovering Israeli soldier and yeshivah student. It’s late afternoon and among the members of this very special minyan are two in bandages, another in a cast, one with […]
Hadassah opens new rehab center 4 months early as war stresses existing facilities
Hadassah’s new $137 million, multi-story rehabilitation center was scheduled to open in May on the medical organization’s Mount Scopus campus, the result of years of planning, fundraising and construction. But on the night of Oct. 7, seeing the devastation from the Hamas attacks and fearing an even greater conflict, Hadassah Medical Organization’s director-general, Dr. Yoram […]
Hadassah Hospital Update: New Gandel Rehab Center Welcomes First Patients
The sounds of Hadassah representatives clapping and singing “Shalom Aleichem” welcomed the first patients into the Gandel Rehabilitation Center at Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus on January 15, part of a phased opening of the new facility. These initial 12 patients in the War-Wounded Department will have the opportunity to heal using state-of-the-art equipment, including 1st […]
Prof. Polina Stepensky Explains The CAR (Chimeric Antigen Receptor) T-Cell Therapy.
Hadasit, the Innovation Engine of Hadassah Medical Organization and BIRAD, the Commercialization arm of Bar-Ilan University announced today that they have entered into the research and license agreement with Immix BioPharma, for the development and commercialization of novel tissue specific therapeutics based on anti-BCMA CAR-T cells targeting plasma cell. This technology has been developed as the result of a collaboration between Prof. Polina Stepensky, of Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem and Prof. Cyrille J. Cohen, of Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan. Dr. Shlomit Kfir-Erenfeld and Dr. Nathalie Asherie, of Hadassah Medical Center, and Ortal Harush, of Bar-Ilan University, also participated in the research.
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Long COVID: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Offers Hope for Understanding and Treating Symptoms
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in a randomized placebo-controlled trial resulted in improved global cognitive function, energy, sleep, and pain interference in long COVID patients.
Prof. Yoram Weiss of Hadassah Hospital Discusses the COVID-19 Delta Variant
Prof. Yoram Weiss of Hadassah Hospital Discusses the COVID-19 Delta Variant
Prof. Yoram Weiss of Hadassah Hospital was recently quoted in the Washington Post about the COVID-19 Delta variant and how even though infection rates in Israel are increasing, very few of them are becoming seriously ill.
Israeli Health Minister Visits Shamir Medical Centre (Assaf Harofeh) Emergency Department
BREAKING NEWS: Israeli Health Minister Visits Shamir Medical Centre (Assaf Harofeh) Emergency Department
Following an evening of heavy rocket fire across southern and central Israel, Health Minister, Yuli Edelstein, visited the state-of-the-art Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit at Shamir Medical Centre (Assaf Harofeh).
The CHW Debbie Eisenberg and Gary Levene Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Shamir Medical Centre – Alma’s Story
Weekly Story: The CHW Debbie Eisenberg and Gary Levene Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Shamir Medical Centre – Alma’s Story
Little Alma woke up in the middle of the night crying with severe stomach pains. Her mother, Jana, tried everything to soothe her cries. As her condition worsened, Jana rushed her to the emergency room at Shamir Medical Centre.
