VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL: IMPACT ON HADASSAH
Hospitals for Everyone
Since the outburst of the latest round of violence on September 28th, hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians have needed medical care. Recent unbalanced reports in the international media have suggested that Palestinians prefer to have their wounded treated in Arab hospitals rather than Israeli ones. Some reports erroneously claim that the Palestinians’ trust in Israeli doctors is low. Nevertheless, this is not what we are experiencing at Hadassah.
Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO) hospitals in Ein Kerem and on Mount Scopus have not experienced any changes in clientele represented in the emergency rooms or elsewhere – neither in number, nor in ethnic diversity, nor in religious background.
Hadassah employees, both Muslim, Christian and Jewish continue to work together in a model of coexistence. No unusual absenteeism has been reported.
Hadassah treats all people, regardless of ethnicity or religion. In fact at the start of the recent cycle of violence, HMO Director, Professor Avi Israeli, extended Hadassah’s assistance to several local Arab hospitals, including to Al-Makasid hospital in East Jerusalem.
Last week, a top ranking Palestinian official brought his son to Hadassah Hospital for treatment of meningitis.
Hadassah continues to receive inquiries from the American Red Cross about treating injured Pales… >>>
