Israeli boy hospitalized with suspected brain-eating amoeba The boy is sedated and on a respirator at Ziv Medical Center in Safed. July 24, 2024
Israeli hospital launches drone delivery of medicine, blood tests Ziv Medical Center in Tzfat plans to use delivery drones to transport critical items in half the time without getting stuck in traffic jams. Abigail Klein Leichman Oct. 28, 2020
Patient preparedness: Israeli hospitals drill the transition from ‘routine to war’ During one exercise, the medical center practiced receiving 50 patients injured by enemy fire while the city sustained rocket barrages. All the while, the hospital experienced power failures and infrastructure crashes as part of the simulation. Yaakov Lappin Aug. 3, 2018
‘Operation Doctor’s Appt.’ brings Syrian mothers, kids to Israel in middle of night Israel has treated thousands of Syrians who have been injured in the seven-year Syrian civil war, as well as many people who have lost access to urgent medical care due to the fighting. July 12, 2018
Two Israeli hospitals slated for massive medical and security upgrades Baruch Padeh (Poriya) Medical Center in Tiberias and Ziv Medical Center in Tzfat will be refurbished with brand-new operating rooms, CT scanners and other medical services for residents in Israel’s north as part of a NIS 50 million ($14 million-plus) investment. April 8, 2018
Alleged Syrian chemical-weapons attack kills as many as 150, wounds 1,000 A video shows the lifeless bodies of about a dozen men, women and children, some foaming at the mouth. According to the Syrian American Medical Society, Douma hospital was targeted with a chlorine bomb, as well as a second attack of “mixed agents,” including nerve gas. April 8, 2018
