Tag Hadassah Heroes

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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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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24 Nov

Hadassah Remove Padlock From Child’s Stomach

Tommy, a 6-year-old from Jerusalem, was admitted to Hadassah Hospital, Ein Kerem last week by his father after accidently swallowing a padlock. “We arrived at the hospital with heavy hearts and very afraid” said Tommy’s father. Hospital staff attended to Tommy immediately, urgently needing to decide on the best treatment method. Dr Ze’ev Davidovics, a […]

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30 Oct

Flyover Salute To Hadassah Coronavirus Medical Staff

Hadassah Hospital staff from the coronavirus ward received a special surprise last Friday morning when a civilian planes appeared over the hospital to express support for their intensive activity and salute their dedicated work. As part of the surprise, Hadassah’s CEO, Prof. Zeev Rotstein, a veteran pilot, was among the six pilots who circled in […]

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7 Sep

Covid recovered patients volunteer in Israeli hospital

Jerusalem’s Hadassah hospital has been recruiting recovered Covid-19 patients to volunteer inside its coronavirus wards to help patients there. Under the pilot scheme, they visit patients in moderate or serious condition, who would otherwise be in isolation. The volunteers help the patients eat or just lend a listening ear. The hospital believes the project to […]

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21 Aug

SUCCESS: First 3 Patients at Hadassah Recover with Passive Coronavirus Vaccine

The first three patients treated with a new COVID-19 “passive vaccine,” which was developed by Hadassah Medical Centre and the Israeli biopharmaceutical firm Kamada, demonstrated rapid, clinical benefit and have already been released from the hospital to their homes. For three months now, Hadassah has been collecting plasma donations from coronavirus patients. Specifically, the plasma […]

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24 Jul

Hadassah First: Recovered COVID-19 Patients Volunteer to Assist the Sick

Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem became the first known hospital in the world to use recovered coronavirus patients to provide humanitarian support for those currently infected with the virus. On Wednesday, the hospital launched a programme to allow these volunteers, who were organised with the help of the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) nonprofit Yad Avraham, […]

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18 Oct

First Arab Woman to Head Up Hospital ER in Israel

Describing her pioneering role as “a great responsibility with a lot of pride,” Dr. Shaden Salameh is the first Arab female doctor to head up a hospital emergency room in Israel. As director of the Hadassah Hospital Mount Scopus Emergency Medicine Department, Dr. Salameh explains that the greater the challenge, the more motivated she is. […]

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4 Jul

“Just Clownin’ Around!” Medical Clown at Hadassah Hospital heals with happiness

When David ‘Dush’ Barashi walks up to you in the hallway, he comes across as animated, a cartoon figure come to life. You feel like you’re meeting a Disney character. Perhaps from “Aladdin” or “Pirates of the Caribbean.” His mop of salt and pepper hair and twistable mustache looks like it spawned from the barbershop […]

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26 Oct

Guest Blog: Nurse Libbie

Chapter one: My Hadassah The hallways of Hadassah Hospital tell the ongoing history of the City of Jerusalem and thousands of personal stories too. My story begins in those hallowed hallways of Hadassah and continues as I make my way to my shifts as a Maternity ward nurse. So many special moments of my life […]

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