Tag: Hospital
Israel’s oldest citizen turns 110
Israel's most senior citizen marked her 110th birthday this week with a heartfelt celebration organized by the staff at Netanya's Laniado Hospital.
Born in 1914 in Kraśnik, Poland, Tzila Cohen immigrated to pre-state Israel alone...
Israel destroys tunnel network under Gaza hospital, girls school
Israeli soldiers destroyed a network of tunnels underneath and around a hospital and an adjacent girls school in Gaza City, the Israel Defense Forces said on Wednesday night.
The three shafts, dozens of meters deep, were...
Israeli hospitals go underground amid Gaza war
With a ground war in Gaza and escalation of rocket fire imminent, Israeli hospitals are going underground.
The Galilee Medical Center in the northern city of Nahariya has moved its 700 beds below ground and...
Hackers publish Israeli hospital records after cyberattack
A ransomware hacker group on Wednesday published patient data stolen from Israel's Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center.
The “Ragnar Locker” group followed through on a threat to release the sensitive information gathered in the cyberattack on the...
Mezuzah scroll in Nahariya hospital replaced with antisemitic note
During a routine inspection of a mezuzah at Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, hospital personnel discovered that sacred parchment had been stolen and replaced with an antisemitic note.
"All Jews are liars and have no religion; they...
Cyberattack shuts down Bnei Brak hospital’s computers
Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak was hit by a cyberattack on Monday night, Israel’s Health Ministry announced on Tuesday morning. The hospital’s administrative computers were shut down in what was described as...
‘Pioneer’ anesthesiologist Rebecca Twersky dies at 67
Dr. Rebecca Twersky, former chief of anesthesia at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Josie Robertson Surgery Center, died in mid-May at 67.
“In addition to her many professional accomplishments, Dr. Twersky was well known...
New law allows Israeli hospitals to ban chametz during Passover
The Knesset plenum on Tuesday passed into law a bill to allow hospitals to ban chametz, or leavened foods, during the weeklong Passover holiday that begins on the evening of April 5.
Forty-eight Knesset members voted...
A healthy scoop: Sheba medical dieticians turn supplements into sweets
Dieticians at Sheba Medical Center in Israel have sweetened the offerings for some of their older patients who require food supplements.
At the height of the coronavirus pandemic, when no visitors were allowed in the...
Sheba Medical Center opens gift room for long-term elderly patients
Sheba Medical Center has inaugurated Israel’s first hospital gift room exclusively for elderly patients, located in the Geriatric Division of Sheba’s Rehabilitation Hospital.
Intended for geriatric patients who are hospitalized long-term or whose birthday occurs...