Tag Ein Kerem

27 Apr

Crohn’s disease: An unexpected bridge between Israelis – opinion

No one knows why there is an increase in IBD Crohn’s in children these days, says Prof. Michael Wilschanski, Director of the Paediatric Gastroenterology Unit at Hadassah-University Medical Centre. He’s had patients as young as six months old. He adds a new patient to the roster of Crohn’s kids every week. There are theories but […]

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16 Mar

HADASSAH’S ORGANOIDS PERSONALISE TREATMENT FOR CANCER PATIENTS

The Organoid Centre at Hadassah Ein Kerem, the first of its kind in Israel, was established by Hadassah at the initiative of Prof. Eyal Mishani, head of Hadassah’s Research and Development Department and the Research Fund. The director is Dr. Myriam Grunewald, a specialist in vascular biology. Serving as director of the centre’s clinic is […]

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15 Feb

Hadassah is helping encourage young Arab Israeli citizens to volunteer for National Service

Hadassah is helping encourage young Arab Israeli citizens to volunteer for National Service   For the past three years, Hadassah Hospital has offered a programme tailored to young Arab men and women, aged 17 to 23, who would like to volunteer. Our programme has been so successful that volunteers who may live far from the […]

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8 Dec

Hadassah International Leadership Retreat

Fifty Hadassah International leaders, representing 29 nationalities from the four corners of the world, including 11 time zones, 25 countries, and 17 languages came together in Jerusalem on November 19th for three days for their first in-person meetings, since the start of the Covid pandemic.   After an emotional reunion,  The Hadassah International retreat began […]

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21 Sep

Life-Saving Breakthrough for Heart Disease at Hadassah

In a first for Israel, a highly trained and talented cardiac team at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem are repairing aneurysms in the aortal arch with a minimally invasive procedure replacing more risky open-heart surgery. This surgery take less time, and the patients also recover more quickly, avoiding serious complications.   Instead of performing open-heart surgery, […]

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24 Mar

Hi-Tech Nursing Innovations at Hadassah

Despite the best efforts of our medical caregivers, certain medical procedures can be painful or unpleasant. Do we just “grin and bear it,” or can we come up with better methods to mitigate the pain? Not if Hadassah Medical Organisation nurses can help it. At Hadassah we always put our patients’ wellbeing first.  In our hospitals in Jerusalem, […]

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11 Jan

SERIOUS COVID CASES ARE ALL UNVACCINATED OR UNBOOSTED, TOP ISRAELI EXPERT SAYS

The seriously ill COVID-19 patients at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem are all either unvaccinated or did not receive a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Head of the hospital’s coronavirus ward has said. Across Israel, more than 200 people have been hospitalised and over 100 people are in serious condition as the highly […]

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10 Nov

Hadassah’s COVID Warriors – Blog by Photographer Ariel Jerozolimski

Visiting the coronavirus ward at the Hadassah Medical Centre in Jerusalem, I observed doctors, nurses, and other staff. They are truly heroic – and very tired. The coronavirus is still here. The numbers keep dropping and sometimes we forget that in the last year-and-a-half more than 8,000 Israelis have died from COVID-19, including 11 in […]

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14 Oct

Battling Cancer at Hadassah

Hadassah’s 44-year-old Sharett Institute of Oncology at Hadassah’s Ein Kerem campus has set the benchmark for preventing, treating and researching cancer in Israel. “Its legacy of cancer care is very strong,” affirmed the Sharett Institute’s new director, Dr. Aron Popovtzer. “We’ve seen a 30 percent increase in patients this past year alone,” said Dr. Popovtzer, […]

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12 Aug

HADASSAH EIN KEREM AND HADASSAH MOUNT SCOPUS NAMED ISRAEL’S BEST HOSPITALS

The Health Ministry’s report for 2020 places Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in first place in the major hospital category and Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus at the top in the category of small-campus hospitals. Both received a maximum score of 10. The scoresheet takes into account a vast array of services. Among them are the ability […]

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