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Hadassah saves Al Quds student with organ failure

Posted on May 15, 2016

Palestinian Arab student Sara al Katzroy collapsed whilst jogging.  She was brought from Jericho hospital to Jerusalem where Hadassah doctors used a Molecular Adsorbent Recirculation System (MARS) to save her liver.  Sara now wants to become a nurse. http://www.hadassah.org/news-stories/sara-katzroy.html

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Hadassah treats both attacker and target

Posted on November 1, 2015

This is what the Washington Post reporter should have written. http://www.timesofisrael.com/jerusalem-hospital-treats-terror-victims-and-terrorists/

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Hadassah professor wins Euro Cystic Fibrosis award

Posted on July 20, 2014

Professor Eitan Kerem, MD, Chief of Pediatrics at Israel’s Hadassah University Medical Center, is the recipient of the prestigious 2014 European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS) Award, for his research and contribution towards further understanding and treating the disease. http://www.hadassah-med.com/about/news/prof-kerem,-chief-of-pediatrics,-wins-prestigious-ecfs-award.aspx

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Hadassah delivers 80 babies during snowstorm

Posted on December 22, 2013

Staff at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem worked 16-hour shifts to meet the needs of 80 women who gave birth during the recent snowstorm. Rescue teams transported expectant mothers to the hospital and some MDA ambulances conveyed two pregnant women. … Continue reading →

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AstraZeneca to work with Hadassah hospital

Posted on September 29, 2013

AstraZeneca and Hadasit, the commercial arm and technology transfer company of Israel’s Hadassah University Hospitals have agreed to identify, evaluate, and jointly develop new treatments for several diseases, primarily focused on cancer, respiratory diseases, and diabetes. http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2013/09/24/british-astrazeneca-and-israeli-hadasit-launch-drug-discovery-alliance/

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PA Health minister visits Hadassah

Posted on May 12, 2013

Palestinian Authority Health Minister Hani Abdeen visited Jerusalem’s Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital – the first ever visit by a PA minister to Israel’s largest medical facility. There are some 60 Palestinian Arab doctors in residency at the hospital. http://www.timesofisrael.com/pa-health-minister-visits-jerusalem-hospital/

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Hadassah opens new center for pediatric vascular defects

Posted on May 5, 2013

Ten percent of babies are born with vascular defects, of which most are incorrectly diagnosed and can be life threatening. With the opening of a new unit in Jerusalem at Hadassah Medical Center, these children no longer need to be … Continue reading →

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Muslim heads Hadassah’s emergency medicine

Posted on April 14, 2013

57-year-old cardiologist Dr. Aziz Darawshe is the new director of the emergency department at Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem, and chairman of the Israel Society for Urgent Medicine. Dr Darawshe lives in the Arab village of Iksal, near Nazareth. … Continue reading →

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Hadassah breakthrough saves 4 children

Posted on January 27, 2013

Doctors at Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem have discovered the reason for, and a medication to cure, Peripheral neuropathy – a genetic brain disease that causes paralysis in children. Three infants suffering from the disease are already showing signs of improvement. … Continue reading →

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Hadassah – a century of achievement

Posted on October 14, 2012

Hadassah, the voluntary Women’s Zionist Organization of America, has been working for the land and people of Israel for 100 years. The celebrations culminate in October at the Hadassah Medical Organization in Jerusalem – where medical care and research benefits … Continue reading →

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