Tel Aviv signs agreement with Reut Rehabilitation Center to build largest rehab facility in Israel
Renee Ghert-Zand is the health reporter and a feature writer for The Times of Israel.
The Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality and Tel Aviv Foundation sign an agreement with Reut Rehabilitation Center to build the largest rehabilitation facility in Israel.
The campus will be built on the Sde Dov site in northwest Tel Aviv. It will house 12 in-patient departments and 450 beds and provide outpatient services.
The project is budgeted at NIS 850 million ($232 million) and will take seven years to complete. Fundraising is underway, with the municipality contributing NIS 200 million and the government NIS 250 million. The rest will be raised from corporate and individual donors.
The need for long-term rehabilitation services has increased sharply since October 7 and the beginning of the war.
Thousands of Israelis have been injured thus far, and hundreds will require ongoing rehabilitation. The new facility will increase Reut’s capacity by around 100 beds and will also serve patients requiring rehabilitation for medical reasons unrelated to the war.
“The new hospital is planned to respond to the growing rehabilitation needs in Israel. This flagship project will allow us to provide advanced services for patients’ welfare, and further improve our professionalism,” says Reut Rehabilitation Center director Dr. Orit Stein Reisner.
The new center will house state-of-the-art equipment and is designed to make long-term stays comfortable. The plans include a commercial center on the ground floor, many green and public spaces, and an adjacent public housing residential building for those eligible for housing assistance.