August 2021

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Hadassah Nurse in Ukraine reflects: Making a Difference on my birthday

Janna Raikhelgauz, born in Kyiv and now a nurse at Hadassah Hospital, left to participate in a humanitarian mission at the Hadassah refugee clinic on the Ukrainian-Polish border, where every day, the Hadassah team assists hundreds of Ukrainian citizens fleeing the fighting and requiring medical attention. “On the second day of our mission in Poland, I celebrated my 29th birthday."
Cardiologist has heart attack at Hadassah while escorting friend

Dr. Benjamin Mazouz, a 70-year-old cardiologist, was at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital keeping a friend company when he suddenly had a heart attack. He woke up in the Irma and Paul Milstein Heart Center after having undergone cardiac catheterization.
Story of Elena and her children, Refugees from Ukraine

Elena fled Ukraine for safety in Poland, along with her 13-year-old twins and her 15-year-old son, Daniel, who has non-verbal autism. She says that they fled their home city of Kharkiv “at the last moment.”
Reaching out to Ukrainian refugees one by one

In Poland, Hadassah staff are now scheduling regular visits to refugee centres, hostels, and even private homes that are hosting Ukrainian refugee families.

March 2022

We share news of Hadassah's support for Ukraine, the announcement of the Gandel Rehabilitation Center, the success of our Achotenu Ethiopian Scholarships in health and the incredible work being done by Goshen in the area of early childhood development in Israel.
November 2021

Resilience, empowerment, forward-thinking and risk-taking. Any one of these words could describe Israel’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic which hit the country with a vengeance in early 2020. The same words could also be used to describe the formative years of Hadassah.
March 2021

Read about Hadassah Hospital’s long-standing commitment to community outreach; Australia's early childhood development project, and the first woman to head a major Israeli hospital named woman of the year... plus much more.
December 2020

Catch up on Hadassah Australia's successes during a year many would rather forget.
August 2020

We look at how Hadassah is supporting a significant number of Israel’s COVID-19 patients.
April 2020

We take a look at how Hadassah is responding to the growing COVID-19 crisis
December 2019

A look back at a year of significant progress in health and rehabilitation
August 2019 Newletter

Welcome to our August 2019 Newsletter.
July 2018

Launching our Stem Neurological Disease Campaign!
September 2018

Rosh Hashanah edition!

Starting again at age 70: surgeon joins Hadassah’s neurosurgery team

At age 70, many professionals are thinking about settling down. When Prof Andrew Kaye moved from Australia to Israel at age 70, he became Hadassah's director of Neurosurgery Resident Training, and he hasn't looked back.
Shana Tova

As we approach Rosh Hashanah (New Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), there has never been a more important time to reach out to family and friends. We wish them l’shana tovah u’metukah, a good and sweet year, and g’mar chatima tovah, to acknowledge the traditional belief that a person’s fate for the coming year is written on Rosh Hashanah and sealed on Yom Kippur. [Read more]
Hadassah's Emergency Operation Treating Ukraine's Refugees

Hadassah's Humanitarian Mission in Poland is treating refugees fleeing the war raging in Ukraine.
New successful Aortic Aneurysm treatment breakthrough

A senior interventional cardiologist at Hadassah Medical Organization, Dr. Planer has played a key role in developing a new exploratory method of treating aortic arch aneurysms, a life-threatening condition with limited therapeutic options.
Staff
Two problems, one solution

Hadassah-Achotenu’s Nursing Scholarship in Health are closing Israel’s nursing gap and providing a career path for disadvantaged Ethiopian-Israelis.
Hadassah — More Than a Hospital

Consistent with its philosophy of equal treatment and employment opportunities, the doors to Hadassah Hospital are open to everyone, irrespective of race, religion, nationality, gender or financial status, be they staff, patients or their families.
Second International Conference on Trauma and Mental Health

Explore the key issues faced by psychologists, psychiatrists, GPs, social workers, counsellors and others dealing with patients or clients affected by adversity and trauma.
Early childhood development - Goshen

The Goshen Project was initiated by Hadassah Australia and is based on the pioneering work of Professor Frank Oberklaid, which seeks to address the treatment of chronic illnesses among children as well as developmental and behavioural problems.
Gandel Rehabilitation Center

Be a part of this once-in-a-generation opportunity to bring hope, recovery and improved quality of life to thousands of people across Israel who need rehabilitation due to disease, illness or injury.