Health care experts from across Australia and Israel discussed on Monday some of the mental health consequences of COVID-19 and the practical ways to support one another through this crisis. Read more
Hadassah-trained medico, Rani Haj Yahya, arrived in Australia in January 2020 just before the coronavirus pandemic struck. He will return after completing advanced training in the Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne. His visit follows a similar route to the one travelled by previous Hadassah Fellows. Read more
What do a Romanian medical student, a Palestinian child, and a young adult from the Dominican Republic have in common? The Hadassah Medical Center, through its innovative, determined, and resourceful physicians, gave them all back their lives. Read more
The medical team decided to do an endoscopy, knowing full well that if it didn't work, Tommy would need surgery. Read more
Because of David Avital's condition, Hadassah’s surgeons decided to perform a less invasive procedure while Avital was fully awake, using only local anesthesia. Hadassah is the only hospital in Israel that offers this surgical option. Read more
Researchers at Hadassah, led by Prof Dana Wolf, are closing in on the maternal-to-fetal viral spread and new antiviral approaches that will change the outcome of congenital infection forever. Read more
Dr Shaden decided she wanted to be a doctor at age 10 after her grandfather suffered a heart attack in their village near Nazareth where there was no immediate medical treatment available. Today she leads the Emergency Medicine Department at Hadassah and has set her sights on expanding and improving the emergency room. Read more
Daniella Maharat, recipient of a Hadassah Australia Ethiopian Nursing scholarship, just completed the intensive studies program in preparation of her four-year nursing degree. Read more
This collaboration marks the first of its kind between hospitals in Israel and the UAE. Read more
An experimental treatment is creating hope after five out of the five Covid-19 intensive care patients who received it were discharged. Read more
Hadassah Hospital is running a pilot program in which recovered coronavirus patients volunteer to help those currently hospitalized with COVID-19 Read more
The world's most recognisable medical clown Dush shows us how he gets ready work at Hadassah Hospital in the days of coronavirus. No pandemic can stop Dush putting a smile on his patients' faces. Read more
Australian-expat and Director of Hadassah’s General Intensive Care Unit Prof Vernon van Heerden explained how the hospital works with religious leaders to approve shaving the beards of COVID-19 patients who need to be ventilated. Read more
At an August 6 press conference hosted by Hadassah International, four of the 19 Hadassah Medical Organization physician-scientists who received research grants this year from the Israel Science Foundation (ISF) presented their latest work. Read more
Last month, we lost a woman who has had a greater impact on women’s heart health in Israel than any doctor around the world – but most Israelis do not know her name - Ms. Irene Pollin Read more
With the chaos surrounding us, you could be forgiven for thinking that every hospital admission is related to COVID-19. In reality, hospitals are dealing with many other critical and chronic issues. Few hold our interest in the same way that a pandemic does, but here is one exception. Read more
Soon after birth, Yitzhak E was diagnosed with severe autism. As he grew, evidence of that autism was more pronounced. But it was only when the young boy had his eyes checked at the age of six, common with all children in Israel at that age, he was found to have lost his sight. Read more
US-born Julie Benbenishty, Nurse Coordinator of Hadassah Hospital’s Trauma Unit and co-founder of Nurses in the Middle East (NME), is advocating for healthier communities through care, compassion and understanding. Read more
Hadassah Australia long-term friend and Committee Member, Michael Krape, discovered the real impact of the our Ethiopian nursing scholarships after an unplanned visit to Hadassah Hospital’s emergency room earlier this year. Read more
Quite apart from new learnings about the epidemiology of viral infections, we are also witnessing a rise in wild theories. But some of these are worth pursuing, including a clinical trial involving Hadassah Hospital and SodaStream. Read more
Researchers at the Hadassah received six of the eight coveted awards granted this year by the Israel Science Foundation, the Israeli agency that supports breakthrough basic science in various fields of knowledge. Read more
The volunteers, who all recovered from coronavirus more than a month ago, are the first in the world to help current patients with physical and emotional needs. Read more
The volunteers all had coronavirus more than a month ago and after their recovery tested negative for the virus but positive for antibodies, meaning they are immune to getting corona. Read more
With a dramatic increase in calls to Israel’s domestic abuse hotlines since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, the Hadassah Foundation quickly launched a COVID-19 Response Fund to help the leading women’s organizations battle this alarming phenomenon. Read more
For the first time in Israel, Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem is collecting plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients in an effort to produce a serum that may help seriously ill coronavirus patients. Read more