Elisha Medical Center Israel, Haifa
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The Elisha Hospital in Haifa is a large clinic in the northern part of Israel. 200 top doctors are working at the clinic, helping over 10,000 patients annually. The medical center has 27 departments. Its IVF Department and Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Center are well-known all around the world.
The hospital's specialists hold 10,000 surgeries and 12,000 outpatient procedures every year. The clinic also offers weight loss programs. Its doctors use modern non-surgical methods to help patients diagnosed with obesity.
More about the clinic
The clinic's inpatient facility can admit up to 140 patients. There are 18 hospital rooms with extra amenities as well. There are 300 people working at Elisha Hospital, including 200 top doctors.
The hospital has its own Gastroenterology Institute that admits patients with gastrointestinal issues. The institute researches new methods of treating metabolic syndrome. Endoscopic procedures for children and adults are also available. The most famous procedures performed by the clinic's doctors are: gastroscopy, colonoscopy, capsule endoscopy.
Modern non-invasive procedures are also available for patients diagnosed with obesity. Among them is the ENDOBARRIER procedure, which helps people reduce weight without surgery. During this procedure, a 2 ft long tube is inserted into the patient's duodenum. This tube slows down the body's absorption of nutrients.
The clinic's Plastic Surgery Department has been open to patients for 55 years. Patients from all over the world come here for blepharoplasty, rhinoplasty and mammaplasty. The department's specialists use lasers and other modern technologies to treat cellulite and acne, as well as to remove scar tissue.
The clinic's IVF Center has been open since 1996. It is the largest reproductive medicine center in northern Israel. Over 5,000 couples have become parents thanks to the center's innovative methods of treating male and female infertility. Its specialists can freeze eggs, sperm or embryos. If necessary, donor eggs and sperm can be used for fertilization.
History
Elisha Hospital opened on May 31, 1949 on the initiative of Dr. Ben-Zion Hirshowitz. Its building was designed by Zeev Rechter. The hospital building initially had two floors with 72 hospital beds. In 1976, another floor was added, bringing the clinic's bed count to 104. In 1997, a retirement home finished construction near the clinic.
Achievements
- The clinic is accredited by Joint Commission International (JCI), an organization that has one of the most rigorous quality and safety standards in the world.
The most effective surgeries and procedures
Joint replacement: a type of surgery that replaces joint components with an orthopedic prosthesis, which allows the patient to recover movement of the joint.
Bariatric surgery: a type of surgery performed on gastrointestinal organs of overweight patients and patients with obesity.
Coronary artery bypass surgery: surgery that helps recover blood flow in coronary arteries through redirecting blood around a section of a blocked or partially blocked artery.
Peripheral nerve block: a pain management method, during which a local anesthetic is injected near a specific nerve or bundle of nerves to block pain signals to the brain.
Cryoablation of kidney tumors and breast tumors: a procedure during which cancerous cells are frozen and destroyed using the ProSENSE technology with CT visualization.
Prostate artery embolization: minimally invasive endovascular procedure, during which round microspheres are inserted into the blood vessels that feed the patient's prostate to reduce its blood supply.
Location
Elisha Hospital is located in Haifa, a city in northern Israel 90 km away from Tel Aviv. The clinic is situated in a picturesque resort area on the Mediterranean shore. Haifa is a major port city famous for its Bahai Gardens and the Shrine of the Bab.
It takes about 90 minutes by car and just over 2 hours by public transport to reach the clinic from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.
