News
5-Feb-2009
A 39-year-old Israeli man, shot in the head while driving with his wife to a settlement near Ramallah, was airlifted to Hadassah Hospital-Ein Kerem's Level-One Trauma Unit, where he was stabilized and later operated on successfully.
14-Jan-2009
With the economic crisis still escalating, sources of philanthropy shrinking, and the war in Gaza creating more casualties in need of Hadassah’s medical care, our hospitals need your financial support now more than ever!
Be part of the “Help Hadassah Heal” Campaign! Please donate now to Hadassah International’s fundraising projects, which the Hadassah Medical Center has asked us to adopt:
25 euros: Cheer up hospitalized children with new books and building blocks for the Pediatric Department
50 euros: Help provide an improved environment for a wounded soldier to receive his blood transfusion
100 euros: Reduce the mortality rate of a stroke victim by 30% by helping Hadassah create a Stroke Center of Excellence
250 euros: Help ensure a cancer patient's survival by contributing toward new, more accurate, less invasive radiotherapy equipment
500 euros: Help Hadassah purchase the latest state-of-the art lithotripter to ensure the
14-Jan-2009
Young Hadassah International’s immediate vision is to re-brand in a way that clearly articulates the power of the Hadassah mission and then to go all-out to spread the message. Young Hadassah’s leaders are confident that embarking on this awareness-building campaign will speak to like-minded individuals all over the globe and build commitment to our international movement. This campaign will lay the groundwork for Young Hadassah to become the best advocates for the Hadassah Medical Center.
14-Jan-2009
Igniting Hadassah International’s Help Hadassah Heal Campaign with a creative new initiative, Young Hadassah International is launching a Facebook-a-thon on February 1.
13-Jan-2009
Barbara Sofer, Israel Director of Public Relations for Hadassah America, is one of sixty women featured in a newly released book entitled Sixty Years, Sixty Voices: Israeli and Palestinian Women, which offers a mosaic of their lives in the war-torn Middle East, presents their views on how we can achieve peace, and describes their daily efforts toward that goal.
13-Jan-2009
I am deeply moved by the response of our leaders and donors to the launch of Hadassah International’s Help Hadassah Heal Campaign. Global economic conditions continue to challenge us and threaten the ability of our hospitals to meet their expenses. Once again, the Hadassah Medical Center has been called upon to treat soldiers who have been wounded in the latest war. The Help Hadassah Heal campaign has been designed to expand our international family of contributors.
13-Jan-2009
Hadassah International is delighted to welcome Terry Schwarzfeld of Ottawa, newly elected National President of Canadian Hadassah-WIZO (CHW) and Alina Ianson, newly appointed National Executive Director.
13-Jan-2009
Leon Masliah, Director General of the Consistoire Central de France (far right), along with several French physicians, visited the Hadassah Medical Center at the end of December. After receiving a general briefing about the Medical Center, they met with Dr. Yoram Weiss, Senior Physician in Hadassah's Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, who explained the workings of Hadassah’s Trauma Unit.
13-Jan-2009
At Hadassah Cuba’s latest meeting, aside from receiving an update on the latest achievements of the Hadassah Medical Center, participants gave a warm send-off to Vice President Dr. Rebeca Tur Behar, who moved to Israel last month. Dr. Tur Behar, pharmacist, long-time volunteer, and the daughter-in-law of President of Hadassah Cuba Dr. Rose Behar, has volunteered in Hadassah Cuba’s Communitarian Pharmacy, which provides medicines to those in need, and presented health lectures to local children. She has also represented Young Hadassah Cuba on visits to Argentina and Canada.
13-Jan-2009
Surgeons at Hadassah Hospital-Ein Kerem have successfully operated on five patients with an upgrade of the surgical robot originally developed by scientists from the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for use by astronauts in space.