Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

The Hillel Yaffe Medical Center ( _he. מרכז רפואי הלל יפה) is a major hospital on the western edge of Hadera, Israel. It serves a population of about 380,000 residents in an area ranging from Zikhron Ya'akov in the north to Netanya in the south, from the Mediterranean coast in the west to Umm el-Fahm and the Green Line in the east. The center is named after Hillel Yaffe, a pioneering Israeli doctor who worked in nearby Jewish settlements in the land of Israel during the First Aliyah in the early 20th century."About us" on the HYMC website. Access date: 10 March 2008. [http://hy.health.gov.il/english/about.php?did=66] ]

History

* 1957 - The hospital was founded in a number of small wooden shacks that were erected on the sand dunes to the west of Hadera.
* 1967 - The academic school named after Pat Matthews was founded.
* 1970-1975 - The hospital was the national center for organ transplants, under the leadership of Dr. Erwin Ya'akov, the manager of the surgery division.
* 1980 - The modern building for patients was populated. It continues to serve the majority of units at the hospital.

The buildings

As of 2006 the operations of the hospital are centralized in two main buildings:
* The main building was designed by the architect Ilya Belzitzman and was dedicated in 1980. North of this building, facing the entrance to the emergency room, stands a statue of the professor and doctor Rafi Karso, who was the manager of the neurology division, the institute for alternative medicine, and the institute for alleviating pain.
* The "building of the institutes" was designed by the architect Alex Shohet.

A new multipurpose building, which was designed by the office of the architect Uzi Gordon, is under construction, and is expected to be finished and ready for use in 2009.

Diverse population and staff

A diverse group of doctors and nurses works at the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center: Arabs and Jews, natives and immigrants. The patients also reflect the diversity of the region's population: urban people alongside rural farmers, natives and immigrants, Jews and Arabs. The hospital thus serves as an example of peaceful coexistence between Arabs and Jews, and of absorbing immigrants from the Soviet Union, Ethiopia and other lands.

Divisions and units

Institutes and infirmaries

* Gastroenterology and illnesses of the liver
* Development and rehabilitation of children
* Nephrology and high blood pressure
* X-ray imaging
* Institute of the heart
* Pathology
* Sexual health
* Hematology
* Dermatology
* Holistic (alternative) medicine
* Mental health

ee also

*List of hospitals in Israel

References

* This article was translated from the Hebrew Wikipedia on 10 March 2008.

External links

* [http://hy.health.gov.il Hillel Yaffe Medical Center homepage] (Hebrew)
* [http://hy.health.gov.il/english/ Hillel Yaffe Medical Center homepage] (English)