A four-month old baby was suffering from congenital Ptosis, a condition that causes the upper eyelids to droop over the eyes, which, untreated, can cause severe vision, head, and neck problems. 

Dr. Irene Anteby, Head of Hadassah Hospital’s Pediatric Ophthalmology Unit, recognized the baby’s severe condition and immediately sent her for surgery with Dr. Liat Attas-Fox, Oculoplastic surgeon. Dr. Attas-Fox shared, “Her eyes were nearly completely closed bilaterally, making this case an emergency.”

Following the surgery, the physicians can already see an improvement in the baby girl’s quality of life as she is more active and aware of her surroundings. Her parents are so thankful to Hadassah Hospital for changing their baby girl’s life!

Link to original article: http://www.hadassah.org/news-stories/ptosis-surgery-at-hadassah-hospital-saves-sight.html

A multidisciplinary team at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem recently employed an innovative technology to treat cancer metastases near the spinal cord–a first for Israel.

Click here to read more about this remarkable accomplishment, as featured on hadassah.org!

Canadian Hadassah-WIZO (CHW) is proud to be affiliated with two medical centres in Israel that are considered leaders in medical care and patient-centered treatment.  

Recently, Hadassah Hospital, Ein Kerem, acquired the world’s most advanced microscope that will change the face of detection, diagnoses, and treatment in patients.

The Neurosurgery Department is now using the KINEVO 900, a surgical microscope that provides a visualization system that will enable surgeons to see tumors in high resolution without the need for an eyepiece. The microscope is robotically controlled and allows for precise navigation in microsurgery. 

 Dr. Sergey Spektor, Director of the Skull Base Surgery Center in Hadassah Hospital’s Neurosurgery Department shared the immense impact that microscopes play on brain surgeries, “We need a very good quality magnification… nowadays a microscope is not only used for magnification… it is also an instrument which is part of the robotic operative system.”

Thanks to the acquisition of this new medical device, Hadassah Hospital’s Neurosurgery Department is one of the most advanced in the world! 

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Hadassah Hospital recently hosted Mr. Dov Kalmanovitz, Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, on a special visit of its facilities.

Mr. Kalmanovitz received a private tour of Hadassah’s world renowned Shock Trauma Unit. The tour was conducted by Professor Avi Rivkind, Senior Surgeon and Head of Shock Trauma Unit. 

Mr. Kalmanovitz is a himself a survivor of a terror attack and expressed his impressions of the unit, “As someone who is no stranger to terror attacks and victims of terror, I am proud to see that Hadassah Hospital is prepared to treat anyone at anytime with the highest level of professional care.”

The Shock Trauma Unit is a state-of-the-art facility that operates 24-hours a day. It interacts with all other departments within Hadassah Hospital to treat an extremely high volume of patients; many with very serious injuries.

Boasting the lowest mortality rate in Israel, the Shock Trauma Unit is used as a model for other hospitals throughout the country and world.

L-R: Prof. Rivkind and Mr. Kalmanovitz in the Shock Trauma Unit

CHW is proud to support Hadassah Hospital and help promote the lifesaving work it is dedicated to.