OUR HOSPITALS
in Israel
Hadassah University Hospital
Ein kerem, Jerusalem
This 700-bed tertiary care hospital deals with virtually every conceivable aspect of modern medicine and serves as a national referral center for the most complex and challenging medical cases. With more than 130 departments and clinics, Hadassah-Ein Kerem provides the most advanced diagnostic and therapeutic services as well as attending to the daily needs of the local population, serving the national population and providing sophisticated treatment for international patients.
Hadassah-Ein Kerem was founded by Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, when its original hospital on Mt. Scopus became inaccessible following Israel's 1948 War of Independence. In the ensuing years, Hadassah continued to treat the people of Jerusalem in an assortment of makeshift facilities scattered throughout the city. With no immediate prospect of returning to Mt. Scopus, the women of Hadassah dedicated themselves to building a modern medical campus in the quiet suburb of Ein Kerem.
Opened in 1961, today the extensive campus of Hadassah University Medical Center at Ein Kerem contains over 22 buildings, including outstanding research facilities and the schools of medicine, nursing, dentistry and public health.
Hadassah University Hospital
Mount Scopus, Jerusalem
This 300-bed community hospital, serves the heavily populated Jewish and Arab neighborhoods of northern and eastern Jerusalem, with over 30 departments and clinics. It also houses the Guggenheim Rehabilitation Center, the Rosalie Goldberg Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and the Ina and Jack Kay Hospice, which provides supportive care and outreach homecare for the terminally ill.
Founded by Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, Hadassah-Mt. Scopus, the first modern medical facility in the region, opened in 1939, serving all the peoples of the area, without regard for race, religion or ethnic origin. For 19 years, from the1948 War of Independence until the 1967 Six Day War, Mt. Scopus was cut off from the city of Jerusalem. In 1975, Hadassah-Mt. Scopus was rededicated as the women of Hadassah devoted themselves to renovate and expand their original hospital designed by award-winning architect Eric Mendelsohn. Erasing all vestiges of war and neglect, the hospital was completely restored to its former beauty. Hadassah returned to Mt. Scopus in 1978, once again opening its doors to all.