*Names changed for confidentiality

Recently, two-year-old Omri, was playing at the park. He ran over to his mom, Netta, who was sitting on a bench watching him. As Omri ran towards her, a metal bar from a nearby building site fell and hit Omri, amputating his thumb.

Netta rushed over to her son, who was bleeding and crying. She immediately took him to Hadassah Hospital. Upon arrival, the medical team sprang into action.

Dr. Carole Pidhorz, Orthopedist and Head of the Center for Hand and Microvascular Surgery, worked together with Dr. Yonathan Wagmen, Surgeon, to help Omri. The physicians performed a microsurgery under a microscope. Through this approach, they were able to successfully reattach Omri’s thumb. The doctors shared that a thumb is a very difficult extremity to reattach; however, it is very important. Both were impressed with Netta’s quick thinking to ensure to find the thumb and bring it to the hospital with Omri.

L-R: Omri, Dr. Yonathan Wagmen, and Dr. Carole Pidhorz

A team of doctors from Hadassah Hospital have traveled to Ethiopia with the sole purpose of helping in the fight against infectious diseases.

The team, comprised of Prof. Allon Moses, Chair of the Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Carmela Schwartz, Nursing Director of Ambulatory Center for Infectious Diseases, Dr. Shmuel Benenson, Head of Infection Prevention and Control Unit, and Tamara Zeiter, Senior Microbiologist, created one goal for this trip: to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

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This is the story of how Hadassah Hospital’s team of doctors were dedicated to helping their patient fight her chronic liver disease and fulfill her dream of having a baby!  

Oshrat was a mother of two and a full-time newspaper journalist when she began to realize something was not okay with her health. After Oshrat gave birth to her second baby, she started to feel unwell and suffered from pain throughout her body. Oshrat and her husband had been trying to conceive, but they were struggling and had suffered from six miscarriages.

Oshrat turned to Hadassah Hospital’s Liver Unit after being informed that her liver function was abnormal. At Hadassah Hospital, Dr. Rifaat Safadi helped diagnose Oshrat. Following a biopsy, they discovered that Oshrat was in stage two biliary cholangitis, a chronic disease causing the bile ducts in the liver to gradually be damaged.

Oshrat discovered that this disease was causing her miscarriages. With a great deal of support from the hospital and Dr. Safadi, they helped Oshrat to manage this chronic condition. Dr. Safadi understood that Oshrat wanted to have another child and was committed to helping make this a reality.

Oshrat and her husband conceived and with the careful monitoring by the physicians at Hadassah Hospital, they were able to ensure this was a safe pregnancy, though it was a high-risk pregnancy. At week 32, Oshrat was induced and gave birth to a healthy baby boy who she named Afik.

Today Oshrat is the proud mother of three children, including one-year-old Afik! Oshrat shares,”It’s like a family at Hadassah… Dr. Safadi was like an angel, keeping me and my baby alive.” Oshrat has been able to manage and stabilize her liver disease and is now a healthy and happy woman!

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Shahar David is a 46-year-old man whose life was saved at Hadassah Hospital.

Shahar embarked on running the well-known Dead Sea Marathon along with his 17-year-old nephew, his goal was to run 10 kilometers. However, at the 6^th kilometer Shahar collapsed. The onsite paramedics tried to revive Shahar with a defibrillator and then he was immediately rushed to Hadassah Hospital via helicopter where he underwent emergency catheterization.

Vered David, Shahar’s wife recalls receiving the phone call we all fear, she shared, “I received an unidentified phone call while I was waiting to hear from Shahar. I had a bad feeling. The stranger at the other end of the line was Dr. Ronen Durst. ‘What happened to Shahar? I asked. He told me that Shahar had collapsed while running and was already after a lifesaving catheterization at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. I immediately called my sister and we began driving to Jerusalem. It was shocking but the doctor was sensitive. When I realized that Shahar was in experts’ hands at Hadassah I felt calmer and reassured my family in the car.”

Dr. Shuvi Mony, Cardiologist, performed Shahar’s catheterization. Dr. Mony explained that Shahar had a heart attack and was in total cardiac arrest, his life was truly in danger. Dr. Mony together with fellow cardiologist, Dr. Durst, performed an AKG which indicated signs of a heart attack. Through the catheterization, they discovered a significant blockage as a result of a blood clot and the physicians implanted a stent to repair this blockage.

Shahar’s life was saved by the doctors at Hadassah Hospital. While Shahar will have to recuperate, in short time, he will make a full recovery and be able to return to being physically active!

Vered and her three sons are so thankful to have their father back! Vered shared that, “So many good people took care of him [Shahar] from the moment he fell through to his procedure at Hadassah Hospital. The doctors and nurses in the Intensive Care Unit are so caring. All the angels on the journey gave us back Shahar and we will be forever grateful.”

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This life-saving story will give you chills. While babysitting baby Hillel, the caregiver suddenly noticed that his pacifier was missing. Eighteen month old Hillel was not breathing properly and to the caregiver’s shock, she discovered that he has swallowed the pacifier and it was lodged deep in his throat!

Dr. Itai Gross, a Pediatrician at Hadassah Hospital, was unable to dislodge the pacifier and needed to put Hillel on a ventilator to help him breath. Hillel was anesthetized and taken straight into surgery. A team of specialists, including, Dr. Menachem Gross, Director of the Pediatric Ear, Nose, and Throat Department together with Dr. Nir Hirshoren, Head and Neck Surgery Specialist worked carefully as they carried out this difficult operation.

The medical team saved baby Hillel’s life! Click here to read the full story.