Five journalists from major media companies in Austria visited the Hadassah Medical Center in March. In the forefront, at Hadassah Hospital-Mount Scopus, is Uschi Fellner, co-founder of the Austrian journal, News, and magazine, Woman, as well as a member of the Hadassah Austria Board of Directors. Together with Gady Gronich, Director of Hadassah Europe, she initiated the visit to Hadassah. A highlight of their trip was a briefing about Hadassah’s Bone Marrow Registry outreach to Arabs, supported by Hadassah Austria. They also enjoyed meetings with Prof. Orly Elpeleg, acting head, Department of Genetics and Metabolic Diseases; Dr. Esti Galili, head of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Jerusalem Crisis Intervention Center; and Prof. Eitan Kerem, head of Pediatrics at Hadassah-Mount Scopus and the Center for Pediatric Genetic and Chronic Diseases. While in Israel, they were invited to the residence of Austrian Ambassador to Israel, HE Mag. Michael Rendi, together with Hadassah Austria President Susi Shaked.

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