Shaare Zedek

A Shaare Zedek Medical Center study on Iron Swords war soldiers shows 64% developed acute stress disorder, strongly linked to prior trauma and exposure to fatalities.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Neria Leiter at Shaare Zedek Medical Center after the soldier was critically injured in a terrorist ramming attack.

Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter provided an update on Sunday regarding his son Neria, who was critically injured in a ramming attack on Route 443.

A two-year-old girl sustained moderate burns to her upper body in Jerusalem after a cup of boiling coffee spilled on her. Emergency medics evacuated her to Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

The Civil Service Commission has recommended shortening the cooling-off period for former Health Ministry Deputy Director-General Dr. Sefi Mendelovich to four months, despite his failure to report a job offer from Shaare Zedek Medical Center in real time. Mendelovich is slated to manage a new 3 billion NIS inpatient tower funded by a $200 million donation from WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum. The...

A security guard shot and seriously wounded a 30-year-old suspect during an attempted ATM robbery in Jerusalem's Givat Shaul neighborhood. Police are investigating the criminal incident.

A terrorist from East Jerusalem attempted early this morning (Friday) to carry out an attack at Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem. He attempted to stab the fighters and was eliminated on the spot. A wounded person was evacuated from the scene to Shaare Zedek Hospital, with his condition defined as light.

The two children arrived at Shaare Zedek Medical Center suffering from dizziness and severe confusion. A quick investigation by the medical staff revealed that the severe poisoning was caused by candies containing cannabis.

Three sets of triplets were born within a single month at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, including a rare case where two girls shared a single placenta. Midwife Limor Hekster described the experience as an exciting and unique event for the medical team.

A 7-year-old boy was moderately injured on Tuesday after falling from a tree on Imrei Emet Street in Beit Shemesh. United Hatzalah medical teams provided initial treatment before evacuating him to Shaare Zedek Hospital.

Michal and Tal held their wedding at Shaare Zedek Medical Center so that Michal's mother, Hanna, who is hospitalized in the surgical intensive care unit, could attend. Due to her medical condition requiring continuous high-flow oxygen, the couple moved their wedding up by a year to celebrate by her side.

Two men in their 40s were killed and a woman of the same age was moderately injured in a severe collision between two private vehicles on Highway 383 south of Zekharia. MADA teams arriving at the scene declared both men dead and evacuated the injured woman to Shaare Zedek Hospital.

For years, a 4.5-hour window was considered a major limit for administering clot-dissolving drugs after an ischemic stroke. A study reviewing 14 trials and over 4,000 patients shows that in carefully selected patients, mainly with the help of advanced imaging, treatment may be beneficial even at a later stage. Dr. Roni Eichel, a stroke expert at Shaare Zedek: "The approach must be fast, because...

A 70-year-old oncology patient broke his jaw and hip when he tripped over a hazard in the ambulance bay. A judge rejected the hospital's defense, which argued that the man was busy with his pants.

A 3-year-old girl choked on a grape at her home in Jerusalem today. Medical teams performed prolonged resuscitation until her heart resumed beating. She was evacuated to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in serious but stable condition, sedated and intubated.

According to the indictment, the 23-year-old mother injected her 5-year-old son with dangerous substances while he was hospitalized at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, causing a significant deterioration in his condition. The investigation raised the suspicion that this was not an isolated incident and that she had harmed him in the past using medications she introduced into his body.