Every hospital in Israel is committed to defending the health of Israel. But in so many ways, Soroka Medical Center Israel is not like other hospitals in Israel. It is the only major medical center in the entire southern half of Israel, the Negev, and is responsible for the care of over a million people, including 400,000 children and youth. Known for its premier medical care and dedicated staff, Soroka treats a profoundly diverse society which includes Jews of all nationalities and backgrounds, Arabs, Bedouins and refugees. With nearly 250,000 patients a year, Soroka is by far the busiest Emergency Room in all of Israel.
Soroka’s close proximity to the Gaza Strip also makes it a strategic “front line” hospital, responding to trauma patients from the Israel Defense Forces. Soroka’s staff treated hundreds of injured soldiers and civilians during the 2009 Gaza war, and Soroka continues to treat the injured during terror attacks in Israel’s South, and after Qassam missile attacks from Gaza.
We are also specialists in the treatment of children. The state of the art Saban Pediatric Center ensures top-quality care for sick kids, in a holistic, familial environment. Our Women’s Health Clinic works towards breast health and treatment of women’s cancers and diseases. And our world-class Trauma Center helps young and old to recovery – both physically and psychologically – to recover from traumatic events.
We invite you to read all about our programs and our newest innovations and to learn about how you can partner with Soroka to support the people of Israel, and help Soroka to continue to be one of Israel’s most strategic assets.
Soroka is one of the largest and most strategic hospitals in Israel, and the sole major Medical Center for the entire Negev, serving over 1 million residents in an area that comprises 60% of Israel’s land. Located in Be’er Sheva, it offers recognized excellence across the entire spectrum of medical care: prevention, detection, research, education, advanced treatment, trauma care and cancer care. We fulfill a vital role for Israel – healing victims of trauma – both physical and emotional. Soroka is essential to meeting the medical needs of the Israel Defense Forces (the “IDF”) – as IDF operations and bases are increasingly centered in the Negev. Soroka is fully engaged in the challenges, complexity, and richness of the fabric of life in the Negev. Through the delivery of urgently needed medical care to the vast and diverse society in the Negev region, Soroka makes a unique contribution to the building of a future of security and peaceful coexistence for Israel. We provide the same excellent healthcare to all, regardless of race, religion or politics – which builds bridges across political divides. Our unique healthcare institution is truly an Israeli national treasure.
Did you know?
- Soroka serves a region that accounts for 60% of Israel’s total land area.
- 200,000 patients, including 38,000 children, visit Soroka’s emergency rooms each year, making it the busiest emergency facility in Israel.
- Soroka’s psychiatrists participated in the discovery of the first two genes responsible for non-excessive personality traits: the “adventurous” gene and the “neurosis” gene.
- There is an average of 36 births every single day at Soroka, a whole new classroom of Israeli children born every day!
- Soroka’s cardiologists are leaders in cardiac molecular biology, researching a revolutionary treatment for myocardial infarction using genetic engineering.
- Soroka medical center Israel is the second largest medical center and the single largest employer in the Negev.Our doctors and mobile units travel to remote kibbutz clinics, development towns and Bedouin tents, offering on-site medical care.
- Soroka treats victims of terrorism and also serves the large contingent of Israeli soldiers stationed in the Negev.
Knesset lobby to promote Beersheba’s Soroka Israel -University Medical Center.
Mandy Patinkin for Soroka Medical Center Israel
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Yesh Atid MK Solomon initiates Knesset lobby to promote medical center and raise its profile in the community.
MK Solomon, Minister German and Soroka Medical Center Israel D.G. Davidson Photo: Courtesy
A Knesset lobby to promote Soroka-University Medical Center in Beersheba – the only hospital in the Negev – has been established with support from Health Minister Yael German and at the initiative of Yesh Atid MK Shimon Solomon.
The aim is to raise public awareness of the needs of the Soroka Medical Center Israel hospital, including the building of a new and fortified neonatal unit, a department of rehabilitation, and a comprehensive center for cancer research, Solomon said on Sunday.
The first event of the lobby will be held on March 12 in the Knesset.
More info @ The Jerusalem Post
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