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Rabbi Eitan Shnerb speaks to the media at the Hadassah Medical Center Ein Kerem, a day after being wounded in a terrorist bombing near Dolev that killed his daughter Rina and wounded his son Dvir, August 24, 2019. (Flash90)
August 25, 2019, 12:06 pm
Condition of rabbi, son injured in West Bank bomb attack improves
Eitan Shnerb and his son Dvir to be moved out of intensive care; two met Saturday for the first time since bombing that killed daughter, sister Rina
By TOI staff
Workers from Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital protesting outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem over its funding crisis, February 9, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 17, 2019, 4:57 pm
Deficit soaring, Hadassah will require years’ more bailout payments to survive
Facing collapse in 2014, famed Jerusalem medical center was rescued and thrown a NIS 1.5b lifeline. Having strayed from recovery framework, its financial plight is again dire
By Avner Hofstein
The symbol of The Hebrew University on the doorways of the buildings of the university's Hadassah Ein Kerem medical center campus, June 16, 2013. (photo credit: Flash90)
March 14, 2019, 5:06 pm
Hadassah says Hebrew U must take over funding of medical schools
5 Jerusalem educational institutions have been financed by Hadassah since 1963, but the organization says arrangement cannot continue given growing deficit of millions of shekels
By Shoshanna Solomon
Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman is seen leaving a meeting in Jerusalem on February 14, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 6, 2019, 12:03 pm
Litzman arranged VIP treatment for top rabbi’s wife at expense of public: report
Deputy health minister said to organize home visits, expedited MRI tests, temporary closure of areas of hospital to treat spiritual leader’s wife; Litzman denies discrimination
By Michael Bachner
A patient waits for a room in the Sourasky Medical Center Ichilov in Tel Aviv. (Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)
February 12, 2019, 10:27 am
1 in 10 patients in Israeli hospitals left in hallways, survey finds
Overall, Israelis satisfied with inpatient medical treatment; separately, open-ended strike declared at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem
By TOI staff
Bernard Madoff leaves Federal Court Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009 in New York. (AP/Frank Franklin II)
December 21, 2018, 6:12 am
10 years after Madoff ripped off the Jewish world, a sort of happy ending
Deep scars remain in the US Jewish community because of the Ponzi scheme, with some left financially ruined or worse, but many groups have managed to find their feet again
By Ben Sales
Dr. Gustavo A. Gutierrez of Mexico, a Hadassah ophthalmology resident. (Courtesy)
December 4, 2018, 12:56 pm
A century on, Hadassah’s ophthalmology department sees a global impact
From Africa to Ecuador, Israeli research and training contributes to a vision of healthy eyes for developing nations
By TOI staff
Prof. Chaim Lotan, left, Howard Milstein, and President of Hadassah, the Women's Organization Ellen Hershkin at the dedication of the Irma and Paul Milstein Heart Center at Hadassah Ein Kerem, Friday, October 12, 2018. (Courtesy)
October 15, 2018, 7:54 pm
Heartfelt donation brings a cutting-edge cardiac center to Jerusalem
With some of the most advanced medical technology, the Irma and Paul Milstein Heart Center is dedicated at Hadassah Ein Kerem
By TOI staff
Giraffes at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
June 18, 2018, 6:00 pm
Scientists go to zoo, find that cell size, not body size, affects lifespan
Close examination of pancreas in various animals, large and small, yields ‘shockingly beautiful and unexpected’ correlation for researchers from Israel, Canada, Germany
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of an embryo (Zffoto; iStock by Getty Images)
June 13, 2018, 5:42 pm
Cells learn from pregnancy, to make healthier babies next time round — study
Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical Center say their cell research may lead to new drugs that improve the chances of successful childbirths, avoid diseases in high-risk women
By Shoshanna Solomon
The Jerusalem YMCA auditorium full of midwives, doulas and childbirth educators at the two-day Childbirth Conference (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
June 2, 2018, 12:31 pm
How to ‘spin’ your unborn baby, and other birthing techniques
It’s not with a stationary bike, midwives and doulas learn, as they gather at Jerusalem’s YMCA for two days of advanced training
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: Medical personnel at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center, on March 2, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 27, 2018, 10:24 am
Thousands of health professionals strike over manpower shortage
Physiotherapists, dietitians, speech therapists, occupational therapists and others walk out claiming they are overworked and unable to meet demand
By Stuart Winer
This Thursday, November 2, 2017 photo shows gel capsules of acetaminophen in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
April 24, 2018, 11:42 am
Israeli research links acetaminophen during pregnancy to autism, ADHD
Hebrew U team checks data on more than 130,000 mothers and children, finds increased risk associated with prolonged use of popular analgesic
By Michael Bachner
Adina Samuels
April 11, 2018, 1:16 pm
Adina Samuels
Harmony in the children’s ward
Where an hour of upbeat music means an hour of less pain in the world
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the annual health conference in Tel Aviv on March 27, 2018. ( AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)
March 28, 2018, 12:24 am
Netanyahu released from hospital, diagnosed with mild viral infection
Prime minister had been admitted with high fever, cough; doctors say all tests negative, so he was sent home and told to rest
By TOI staff
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