Soroka hospital to get $100m from government, another $100m from philanthropist Sylvan Adams, after Iran missile damage

The Finance Ministry and the Health Ministry announce they will invest NIS 360 million ($111 million) over the next five years to strengthen and protect Soroka University Medical Center, which was badly damaged in an Iranian missile attack.

In addition, Soroka director Prof. Shlomi Codish announces that businessman Sylvan Adams will donate $100 million (NIS 325 million) to the medical center, in the largest donation to the hospital since its establishment.

“We welcome the government’s decision made today to allocate the necessary budget for the rehabilitation and protection of Soroka,” says Codish. “I also thank Mr. Adams for his generous donation, which is expected to change the face of the medical center for many years to come.”

On June 19, a ballistic missile from Iran directly hit the medical center, causing massive damage to infrastructure and key services.

Adams, an Israeli-Canadian billionaire, says that it is a “great honor” for him to help build and redesign the hospital as “a first-class advanced medical center, a national asset to the Negev and the entire State of Israel.”

In response to June’s missile attack on the hospital, the Koum Family Foundation began a philanthropic campaign to help restore and rebuild Soroka. The foundation donated $50 million (NIS 162 million). The Helmsley Foundation, a longtime partner of Soroka in a variety of projects, also contributed $15 million (NIS 49 million).