News
5-Mar-2010
Prince Alexander zu Schaumburg-Lippe, member of Hadassah Germany's Board of Governors, hosted a party at his Castle Bueckeburg in celebration of his birthday and asked his 200 guests from the German aristocracy, politics, and public life to make donations in lieu of personal gifts to one of two Israeli charities—Hadassah being one.
9-Feb-2010
In consultation with The Hadassah Medical Center, Hadassah International adopted the following five projects. To support them is to endow a legacy of medical excellence in Jerusalem. Choose a project and donate now!
4-Feb-2010
"As an Israeli and as a Jerusalemite, I have a special place in my heart for Hadassah. One cannot think of Jerusalem without thinking of Hadassah, without thinking of its excellent health services." -- Dalia Itzik, Member of Israel’s Knesset and former Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem
4-Feb-2010
The 2009 Nancy Falchuk Nursing Scholarship recognized four nurses for their leadership roles in patient education and wound treatment.
4-Feb-2010
International Philanthropist and Entrepreneur Regine Sixt, esteemed member of the Hadassah Germany Board of Governors, was presented with Hadassah International’s prestigious 2009 Citizen of the World Award in December by Hadassah Germany President Prof. Dr. Med. Dr. H.c. Thomas Ruzicka (pictured to her left) and Director of Hadassah Germany and Europe Gady Gronich.
4-Feb-2010
Clinical Psychologist Ben Sedley, Hadassah New Zealand Valda Knight Memorial Scholarship recipient for 2009, returned from his clinical experience at the Hadassah Medical Center “impressed by the clear procedures put into place following a traumatic event, whether a terrorist attack or motor vehicle accident.” He also admired “the staff’s ability to work effectively with children and young people from so many different ethnicities and backgrounds.”
4-Feb-2010
A Cypriot woman who discovered at 28 weeks of pregnancy that she was carrying twin fetuses—with one growing outside of her womb--was saved along with her babies by a multidisciplinary team of Hadassah physicians. This marks only the second time in known medical history that babies in this situation have been delivered successfully.
3-Feb-2010
A multidisciplinary team of physicians from the Hadassah Medical Center has discovered that a particular pattern of gene expression is present shortly after delivery in women who suffer from persistent postpartum depression (PD).
2-Feb-2010
During the Israel Rescue Mission to Haiti following the earthquake, a Hadassah Medical Center obstetrician delivered the Israeli field hospital’s first baby and the mother, in gratitude, named him “Israel.” When the surgeons ran out of medical screws needed to mend limb fractures, a Hadassah operating room nurse located the remnants of a local factory and, in searching through the ruins, found exactly the machine he needed to transform the medical nails he had into screws.
2-Feb-2010
In between finishing medical school and applying for residency, Joost Van Raalte, Chair of Young Hadassah Holland, makes it his priority to carve out time to lead a generation of enthusiastic young volunteers in their efforts to support the Hadassah Medical Center.