Smotrich, health minister announce plans to build new hospital in Beersheba

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Health Minister Uriel Buso have signed permits for the building of a new hospital in Beersheba.

The hospital, slated to open by 2028, is a joint project of the Meuhedet and Leumit health maintenance organizations and Sheba Medical Center. The HMOs will own the hospital, while Sheba will run it.

The new hospital is expected to have approximately 600 beds and offer a wide range of medical services to the residents of the country’s south.

The ministers also sign a permit for the HMOs to form a joint company to begin the planning and construction of the hospital.

“Establishing the new, second hospital in the Negev is a significant milestone,” says Buso. The hospital will “lessen the gap between the periphery and the center of the country and grant “equal rights to advanced and professional healthcare services to every citizen in Israel, regardless of place of residence, community affiliation, or economic status.”