Hadassah Medical Center Israel, Jerusalem
The Hadassah Medical Center is one of Israel's most popular hospitals. The hospital has a main tower and two hospital centers: Hadassah Mt. Scopus and Hadassah Ein Kerem, both located in different parts of Jerusalem. Over 5,000 people work at the hospital, including authors of unique treatment methods and specialists with years of experience.
The clinic receives 1.5 mln foreign patients annually. Every year, the hospital holds 500,000 radiological procedures and 230,000 radiotherapy procedures, over 37,000 surgeries, 455,000 diagnostic examinations and 400,000 instrumental examinations, 4 mln lab tests, 4,000 in vitro fertilizations. 12,000 babies are born at the clinic every year.
More about the clinic
The Hadassah Medical Center is affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Over 60% of Israeli doctors, chemists and biologists, including Nobel Prize laureates, completed their residency here. Many of them have continued to work at their alma mater. The clinic's team includes famous oncologists (Prof. Michal Lotem, Prof. Jacob Pe'er, Prof. Ayala Hubert), plastic surgeons (Prof. Mordechai Sela, Prof. Alexander Margulis), cardiologists (Prof. David Luria, Prof. Eldad Erez).
The main building of the clinic, the Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower, has 14 floors above ground and 5 floors underground. Each floor has two departments with single and double hospital rooms, and a four-bed post-surgery rehabilitation room. The underground part has 20 operating rooms, hospital rooms for 500 patients and 50 intensive care beds. The Heart Institute, the Division of Internal Medicine, the Surgery Division, the Cardiovascular Division and other divisions are based here as well. Another hundred doctors and a team of middle medical personnel work in pediatric units at Hadassah Mt. Scopus and Hadassah Ein Kerem. The pediatric hospital units can admit 300 child patients.
The hospital's team treats all kinds of diseases and genetic disorders: cardiovascular diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, infertility, allergies, skin diseases, all types of cancer and other health problems.
History
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, was founded in 1912 in the US to provide medical care to residents of Jerusalem, which was then under the control of the Ottoman Empire. In 1913, Hadassah sent two nurses to Palestine. They set up a small public health station in Jerusalem to provide maternity care and treat trachoma, a type of eye disease that was rampant in the Middle East. In 1918, Hadassah established its first medical unit in Palestine composed of 45 doctors. The doctors helped set up 6 hospitals and nurse training schools in Palestine. In 1919, Hadassah set up a department that gave routine health examinations to Palestine's school children. In 1921, it opened a hospital in Tel Aviv and the first mother and child care center in Jerusalem. A year later, a hospital opened in Haifa. Four more years later, Hadassah opened its first tuberculosis center. The Mt. Scopus campus was built in 1939, and the Ein Kerem center was constructed in 1961. The main tower finished construction in 2012.
Achievements
The Hadassah Medical Center is a member of the American Hospital Association.
Hadassah Medical Organization's Bone Marrow Transplantation Center is the first center in Israel to receive full accreditation of the Joint Accreditation Committee ISCT-EUROPE & EBMT (JACIE).
It is the only clinic in the Middle East that is a member of the International Society of Orthopaedic Centers (ISOC).
83% of female patients with cancer are treated successfully at the clinic. The hospital has a 80% success rate in treating prostate cancer.
34% of diagnoses made at other clinics are not confirmed by Hadassah specialists, which helps patients avoid unnecessary treatment and related side effects.
The most effective surgeries and procedures
PET-CT diagnostics with Discovery MI system by General Electric: this system can detect cancerous tumors as small as 2-3 millimeters.
Neurosurgery with the aid of KINEVO 900 microscope by Zeiss: high-precision surgery with detailed control over the operating area.
Mitral valve repair using third- and fourth-generation MitraClip technology: The MitraClip device is a small clip that helps the mitral valve to close more completely, helping to restore normal blood flow through the heart.
Services
The clinic's patients stay in comfortable rooms that are designed to accommodate them at every stage of treatment, from diagnostics to rehabilitation. Medical personnel is on site to take care of the patients 24/7. There are special buttons by the beds that patients can press in case of emergency. Their physical condition is also monitored by special systems. There is a cinema on the territory of the clinic, as well as a shopping center and a beauty salon.
Location
The Hadassah Medical Center is located in the western part of Jerusalem, a city known for its thousand-year history and a mix of cultures. There is a famous attraction on the territory of the Ein Kerem campus, the Chagall Windows depicting the 12 tribes of Israel.
It takes about an hour and a half by public transport and about 45 minutes by car to reach the clinic from Ben Gurion Airport.
