
What Did You Do Today, Hadassah Medical Center? A Statistical Reply
19-Jul-2010
During the course of each 24 hours, the Hadassah Medical Center is the home of nonstop, life-enhancing and life-saving activities. Here are some statistics:
- 25,000 people will come to Hadassah Hospital-Ein Kerem--including staff, patients, and visitors.
- 29 babies will draw their first breath in Hadassah’s delivery rooms.
- 119 operations will be performed by Hadassah surgeons.
- 127 patients will undergo life-saving hematology or oncology day care treatments.
- 368 people will visit Hadassah’s emergency room, many rushed in by ambulance.
- 392 dental treatments will be provided.
- 11,455 laboratory tests will be done.
- 1.3 research papers, emanating from Hadassah’s physician scientists, will be published.
- During each 10-hour shift, 3,500 hours of construction work will take place on the Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower.
- 100 cubic meters of concrete will be poured at the Sarah Wetsman Davidson Tower site.
- 16 tons of reinforcement steel will be used for the Sarah Wetsman Davidson Tower.

