articles 2023

Israel nurses go beyond the call of duty even as their kin suffer

Dr.Gilly Givati stated that the hospital staff relentlessly kept treating the patients when their own family members were under attack.

Ashkelon's Barzilai Medical Center was struck rock

Rocket Strikes Ashkelon’s Barzilai Medical Center

Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon was hit directly Wednesday afternoon by a rocket fired from Gaza.

The maternity department has been transferred to shielded space

Due to the war state, the maternity department has been transferred to a shielded space in the new fully protected surgical building on floor -2. It is here to note that some of the delivery rooms in the delivery department are fully protected.

Iron sword operation- Admission of injured patients

Since the beginning of the war. 703 injured patients with different degrees of injuries were transferred to the Barzilai medical center. Some of the patients were discharged after treatment, some were transferred to other medical centers after life saving procedures and for further treatment. 21 injured are still in the different departments of the hospital.

Iron sword operation - Damages to the medical center

Close to the beginning of the Iron Sword Operation, the Barzilai medical center started working under emergency state. During the war, missiles hit the the medical center on the bridge which connects between two buildings. Missiles hit also the child development clinic.
Following are pictures of the damages.

Iron sword operation - Between the sirens

Pictures taken by the photographer during those difficult moments. Each picture says a story.

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Many ministers, artists, and public figures visited the Barzilai medical center to encourage and support the hospital staff for their great efforts to save lives of the victims of the war.