Hadassah hospital

Health Ministry report reveals long wait times for MRI, surgeries at hospitals and clinics

Health insurance provider, area of residence, and the hospital where they are treated are all factors in how long a patient waits for care.

MRI scan.
THE HADASSAH-UNIVERSITY Medical Center campus is seen in Ein Kerem.

Grapevine: Special delivery

The entrance to the Emergency room at the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem on November 1, 2020.

Four infants hospitalized in Jerusalem after consuming puree containing sedatives

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds his head during a ceremony at Mount Herzl, May 14, 2026

Netanyahu admitted to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital for dental procedure


Netanyahu discharged from hospital after prostate removal

The hospital added that Netanyahu faces a recovery period ahead of him.

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a plenum session on the state budget in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament, December 16, 2024.

Mentoring the ‘elite of the elite’ hospital residents at Hadassah

Hadassah elite is located on the 10th floor, which has been renovated especially for the program.

 The Hadassah Ein Karem hospital in Jerusalem. January 15, 2017.

Allan Billig: The plastic surgeon back in Israel for good

Currently, Alan Billig treats patients at Hadassah’s two medical campuses in Jerusalem and at its facility in Beit Shemesh, focusing on facial reconstructive surgery.

 Plastic surgeon Alan Billig.

Can AI help to preserve a legacy after death? - opinion

Could AI simulations of the dead let us “chat” with Maimonides or Rashi? If the sages had access to the modern Internet, could they rule on contemporary issues?

 ‘MY NEXT cancer treatment could cure me. I could live until my 90s, healthy and hale, climbing up mountains,’ the writer says.

A new Israeli clinical trial is testing a tuberculosis vaccine to prevent Alzheimer's - opinion

If – God forbid – I show the biomarkers associated with the probable development of Alzheimer’s, I will receive three doses of the vaccine, which has minimal side effects.

 REAL BRAIN exhibit at Bristol Science Centre, UK.

Mount Scopus: Keeping watch over the Holy City of Jerusalem

Neighborhood Corner: Situated in the eastern half of Israel’s eternal capital, the etymology of Mount Scopus reflects its historical role as a lookout point over Jerusalem.

 A look at Mount Scopus in Jerusalem.

Hadassah University Medical Center solves biblical mystery with ancient seed

The first 2,000-year-old date seedling was named Methuselah (after the longest-lived person in the Bible) and is now impressively tall at Ketura.

 DR. SARAH SALLON (right) and Dr. Elaine Solowey at  Kibbutz Ketura.

Unique orthopedic technology at Hadassah Hospital aids terror victim

The magnetized nail causes a shattered and infected bone of the terror attack victim to grow inside his leg.

 MATANYA OLAMI with the Hadassah orthopedic team.

Slight risk of ADHD in children of pregnant women who smoke cannabis, study shows

In three more years, this number is forecast to reach almost a quarter of a million patients.

 AN EMPLOYEE CUTS cannabis buds in a laboratory in Vienna.

Colon cancer, gut grief and stool secrets

Poor nutrition, and poor gut health, are among the common indicators of serious health issues. Hadassah expert Dr. David Hakimian, senior gastroenterologist, discusses symptoms and much more.