IHF and Clalit are building a Child Development Center in Ashkelon. This border town, just eight miles north of Gaza, will have an integrated and comprehensive facility to serve the 14,000 children who are in Clalit’s care. Children with autism, mental and physical delays and cerebral palsy will have access to occupational, physical and speech therapies. Children with emotional or neurological disorders now have options for much-needed care.
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The Israel Healthcare Foundation is delighted to receive a new grant from the Jewish Healthcare Foundation in Pittsburgh, PA, for $10,000 in support of Clalit’s initiative to train 65 experienced nurses to become nurse practitioners over the next five years, certifying them for geriatric and pain management treatment in both hospital and community settings.
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In peace and in war, Kiryat Shmona is Israel’s front line. Located 40 minutes from the nearest hospital, the citizens of Kiryat Shmona must rely on locally provided health care. Many in the community live at or below the poverty line; it can take two hours by public transportation to receive advanced care. Clalit has now transformed an outmoded clinic into an advanced ambulatory care facility – a day hospital without beds. The newly renovated facility includes an outpatient cancer center, an ambulatory care facility with two surgical suites, and services including orthopedics, plastic surgery, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, obstetrics and gynecology. The state-of-the-art upgrades at Kiryat Shmona ensure the well-being of Israel’s northernmost residents and the armed forces that defend this border.
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Emek Medical Center serves more than 700.000 residents in northern Israel, but only has six adult ICU beds for this underserved population. IHF is raising funds to help Clalit build a new adult ICU ward to triple the number of beds and double the pediatric ICU and add 10 new cribs to the neonatal ICU. This compelling project will enable Emek to meet the national mandate of 5% of hospital beds in ICUs.
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Clalit leads the way with administering COVID-19 vaccinations, including many of the elderly across the country.
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Geha meets the urgent need for adult outpatient services with the new Mental Health Center Ambulatory Care Wing. In recent years, the total number of adult patients served by Geha has increased by 29%.
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