News
21-Nov-2008
Continuing with its support of the new Trauma Unit at Panama’s Hospital Santo Tomas, the Hadassah Medical Center sent a team to Panama to provide hands-on training for the doctors and nurses in the emergency, surgery, and trauma units.
21-Nov-2008
The group of Australian parliamentarians that visited the Hadassah Medical Center in November were most appreciative of the presentation about pediatric metabolic diseases, delivered by Dr. Stanley Korman, who grew up in Melbourne and now works with Dr. Orly Elpeleg, Director of Hadassah’s pediatric metabolic disease unit.
21-Nov-2008
Paying a visit to the Hadassah Medical Center during their trip to Israel, a “Help the Jews Home” delegation enjoyed a presentation about Hadassah’s role in Israel’s community health centers by Dr. Nava Braverman, head of Hadassah’s Patricia and Russell Fleischman Women’s Health Center.
21-Nov-2008
Hadassah President Nancy Falchuk donned a hard hat and went below ground level to see the progress at the construction site of the Hadassah Medical Center’s Sarah Wetsman Davidson Tower. "There's no denying that these are difficult economic times," Mrs. Falchuk noted, “but we are an organization that has been through both a Depression and war. We know that we can meet our future challenges.” We're Not Waiting for the Future, We're Building It! To view specific giving opportunities for this new inpatient tower of healing, click here.
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.
30-Oct-2008
Mayors from Albania, Belgium, Belize, Buczek, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cote D’Ivoire, Curaçao, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Fiji Islands, Guinea, India, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, St. Lucia, Tanzania, The Gambia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, the United States, and Uruguay toured and were briefed at Hadassah Hospital-Ein Kerem while in Israel for the Jerusalem International Conference of Mayors on September 16.
30-Oct-2008
A group of people from Germany visited the Hadassah Medical Center in mid-September and expressed their admiration for our hospitals following a presentation by a young Arab leukemia patient, who conveyed his appreciation for the care he received at Hadassah.
30-Oct-2008
Eric Seboun, Scientific Attaché at the French Embassy, visited the Hadassah Medical Center and met with Prof. Azaria JTT Rein, head of Pediatric Cardiology. Expressing interest in returning for another visit and meeting with French-speaking physicians, Mr. Seboun made a point of noting that he is familiar with the events of Hadassah International in Paris.
30-Oct-2008
A delegation of British parliamentarians and parliamentary special advisors, on a first-time trip to Israel organized by Labour Friends of Israel, toured the Hadassah Medical Center in September. The participants, coming from diverse communities in England and Wales, were pleased to witness many examples of Jewish-Arab cooperation within the hospital.
30-Oct-2008
Hadassah Germany hosted an inaugural Israeli winetasting in Dresden, Saxony this September, introducing Hadassah to the community.