Medical News
13-Nov-2008
Dr. David Mankuta, head of the Delivery Room at Hadassah Hospital-Ein Kerem, responded to a request for a volunteer to care for rape victims in a remote village in the East Congo, where he was the only obstetrician/gynecologist for ten million women.
29-Oct-2008
The Hadassah Medical Center’s Neuro-Fetal Clinic has acquired a state-of-the-art diagnostic machine which enables physicians to monitor brain activity in newborns more effectively.
29-Oct-2008
The Hadassah Medical Center’s Heart Institute has performed its first Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Intervention (TAVI), a new nonsurgical procedure to treat aortic stenosis (AS), a severe degenerative disease which causes the narrowing of the aortic valve.
29-Oct-2008
Dr. Malena Cohen-Cymberknoh was one of three young researchers to receive the “Young Investigator Award” at the 31st European Cystic Fibrosis Conference in Prague for her work on intravenous methylprednisolone pulse therapy for patients with cystic fibrosis.
29-Oct-2008
Prof. Dan Engelhard, head of Pediatrics at Hadassah Hospital-Ein Kerem, flew to Azerbaijan to care for the severely ill two-year-old son of diplomats serving in the Israeli embassy there.
29-Oct-2008
During the Jewish holiday season, Hadassah staff greeted patients arriving at the Medical Center with a gift of apple dipped in honey, a traditional food to convey wishes for a sweet new year.
24-Oct-2008
The Hadassah Medical Center is once again hosting The Gerry Schwartz and Heather Reisman International Congress on Chronic Disorders and Disabilities in Children, which will bring together multidisciplinary health professionals from all over the world to discuss how to enhance the care of chronically ill children.
12-Sep-2008
Doctors at Hadassah Hospital-Ein Kerem saved the life of a 12-year-old Palestinian girl, who was bitten by a viper in the yard of her Ramallah home.
12-Sep-2008
Yossi Nitzani, who has served on the Hadassah Medical Organization Board of Directors since its establishment over 12 years ago, has been named Chairman of the Board.
12-Sep-2008
Hadassah’s Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery has recently acquired a state-of-the-art heart-lung machine, the only one of its kind in Israel.
