tel aviv sourasky medical center

Costly mistake: Alleged medical misdiagnosis leads to patient getting leg unnecessarily amputated

A 51-year-old patient sued Wolfson Medical Center after an alleged misdiagnosis led to leg amputation; the negligence was said to have caused prolonged suffering and psychological trauma.

Israeli hospital spokesman faces dismissal after Oct. 7 press conference

Fallout from the press conference with freed hostage Yocheved Lifshitz leads to potential firing of Avi Shushan, spokesperson for Sourasky Medical Center, with over 13 years of service.

By DORON KOOPERSTEIN/WALLA!
15/11/2023

Tel Aviv hospital manages to extract sperm from Hamas victim

Since the attacks began on October 7, dozens of families have approached the Health Ministry asking to collect the sperm of the young men killed.

By WALLA!
19/10/2023

What is your brain's iron level? New Israeli non-invasive tech can find out

The “groundbreaking” MRI technology promises to revolutionize scientists’ understanding of iron homeostasis in the human brain. 

Ninth grader saved from blindness at Sourasky

To cure Eyal’s problem and prevent the deterioration in his eye, he had to undergo a complex and challenging operation.

New program for Integrating Physician-Scientists in Bio-medical Research at Tel Aviv University

This program will help create a new generation of physicians that will have ‘protected time’ to perform research, with a reduction in their clinical responsibilities.

Israeli doctors save pregnant woman, baby from ruptured artery

The operating room was a battlefield for the lives of the mother and her son as a crisis developed surrounding a ruptured artery in the spleen.

Tel Aviv terror victim saves another two lives with cornea donations

Those that received the transplants were a 75-year-old man and an 81-year-old woman.

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What is fibromyalgia, the widespread chronic pain, fatigue condition? - explainer

Many people who suffer from fibromyalgia describe it as a chronic flu, with widespread pain and chronic fatigue.

By WALLA! HEALTH
23/07/2023

Fast and fatal: What you should know about Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Cruetzfeldt-Jakob disease is a severe neurodegenerative genetic condition that usually causes death within a year and is more common in Israel. Here is what you should know.

By IRIS KOL/WALLA!
03/05/2023
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