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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 346

Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital

Soldiers help prepare the Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa following the outbreak of war, October 11, 2023. (Courtesy of Rambam)
April 15, 2024, 7:56 pm
On high alert since October 7, hospitals were already prepared to deal with Iran attack
Administrators say IDF Home Front Command and Health Ministry have not instructed healthcare system to adjust readiness for possible widening of conflict
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Surgeons at Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital remove tissue from a huge cyst in a 12-year-old girl, January 2024. (Courtesy of Assuta)
March 14, 2024, 2:39 pm
Surgeons in Ashdod remove remnants of twin from 12-year-old girl’s swollen abdomen
Girl suffered from a 10-kilogram cyst growing in her belly before doctors discovered it contained an embryo’s hair, bones, and cartilage
By Renee Ghert-Zand
An EyeControl device being applied to a patient. (Courtesy of EyeControl)
January 1, 2024, 6:07 pm
Israeli med tech company’s innovative headset could reduce delirium in ICU patients
EyeControl shifts focus in hopes of diminishing mental distress experienced by war wounded and other seriously ill individuals who are sedated and intubated
By Renee Ghert-Zand
IDF forces operate in the Gaza Strip, in a handout photo released on December 26, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 28, 2023, 3:48 pm
Ichilov hospital confirms soldier badly injured in Gaza died of severe fungal infection
IDF, by contrast, says cause of death still under investigation; infectious disease experts say there is no public health worry
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A heart transplant patient receives a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, at the Sheba Medical Center on December 31, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
April 10, 2022, 11:56 pm
Israeli study: 4th COVID shot halves death risk among severe patients over 60
Fresh booster for each new coronavirus wave may be wise based on findings, says study author Dr. Tal Brosh, a top hospital doctor and government adviser
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image: Medical workers, one Jewish and one Arab, holding signs calling for peace, at Rambam Medical Center, May 2021 (courtesy of Rambam Medical Center)
May 19, 2021, 6:08 pm
Arab medics go all out to give Jewish colleagues a Shavuot break
Ashdod hospital’s Arab doctors and nurses worried about street violence during commute, but were determined to work, especially over the Jewish holiday — so many headed to hotels
By Nathan Jeffay
The director of the epidemics service, Dr. Karina Glick, checking a patient's monitor while wearing protective clothing, during a press presentation on hospital services for future patients with coronavirus at Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, on March 16, 2020, in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod. (Jack Guez/AFP)
April 3, 2020, 12:58 pm
22-year-old Israeli virus patient put on life support as condition deteriorates
Man, who had no previous health issues, had recently traveled to US; is the youngest person in the country in serious condition from coronavirus
By ToI Staff
Magen David Adom medical team members transfer an Israeli man, suspected of being Covid-19 positive, in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, March 31, 2020. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
April 1, 2020, 2:23 am
Bnei Brak evacuates 67 virus carriers to stadium, then to isolation hotels
Midnight operation comes as Israel struggles to contain infections in densely populated ultra-Orthodox city; sick to be quarantined in special hotels catering to religious needs
By ToI Staff
Israeli police talk to a driver at a checkpoint in Bnei Brak, a predominantly ultra-Orthodox city east of Tel Aviv, on March 31, 2020, as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus. (Jack Guez/AFP)
March 31, 2020, 8:46 pm
Israeli virus toll hits 20 as police put checkpoints around hotspot Bnei Brak
Number of sick rises to 5,358; man in his 70s, 90-year-old are two latest victims of pandemic; in ultra-Orthodox city, officers checking IDs of arrivals, particularly non-residents
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A doctor checks a medical ventilator control panel while wearing protective clothing at the Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, March 16, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)
March 29, 2020, 5:43 pm
‘Mom, I’m afraid,’ seriously ill virus patient, 22, said before being sedated
Woman tells media she can’t bear to see her son connected to ventilator, says his case is a warning to young people who think they are not in danger from coronavirus
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of a vaccination. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
December 26, 2019, 3:59 pm
Israelis scramble for flu vaccine as deaths from aggressive virus mount
Health services report multifold increase in demand for protection against disease amid early season surge in those seriously stricken by illness
By ToI Staff
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