shaare zedek medical center

Ministries argue over giving Israeli hospitals more imaging devices

February 7, 2024February 10, 2024Arsen Mayer

An ongoing dispute between the Health and Finance Ministries over the distribution of imaging devices – CT, MRI, PET-CT, and more – was discussed at the Knesset Health Committee on Tuesday. Committee chairman Shas MK Yoni Mashriki called the meeting to check on the waiting times and the existing need to determine how to distribute […]

Jerusalem doctors save IDF combat soldier by leaving shrapnel in heart

December 24, 2023December 24, 2023Arsen Mayer

A young soldier who was close to death after a six-millimeter piece of metallic shrapnel entered his heart during the fighting in Gaza has been saved “miraculously” when Shaare Zedek Medical Center (SZMC) cardiothoracic surgeons decided after consultation here and abroad to treat the bleeding but to leave the projectile in his heart. Dr. Danny […]

Medical center, investment group establish healthcare innovation hub

December 21, 2023December 21, 2023David Rutman

A “landmark healthcare hub” to promote innovation in the field has been established by Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center (SZMC) and the Arieli Capital, LLC investment firm in Herzliya. They plan to launch an open call for companies by year’s end, targeting worldwide market-ready healthcare startups, to participate in the first SHAAR scale-up group. Scale-up […]