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It all started in 1894 in the Old City of Jerusalem. On the fifth night of Hanukkah, a group of women wanted to help other women, who were having mental health issues after they gave birth. In those days, no one knew about postpartum depression. So these courageous women organized the Ezrat Nashim Association to provide these new mothers with a special home to give them time to return to themselves. This home soon became the first psychiatric hospital in the Middle…

Several months ago, Israel’s Ministry of Defense designated Herzog Hospital as the official centre for Jerusalem, the surrounding areas and the south of Israel, to treat soldiers suffering from mental health/PTSD problems. With the onset of the war, the Ministry has asked us to immediately open and begin receiving discharged soldiers who need help. The Ministry of Defense has a special category which identifies individuals who were so seriously affected psychologically by their army service that they need mental health counselling.…

  At this time that is so critical for our beloved Israel, we ask for your help, so that HERZOG may continue its vital work in caring for, and treating, so many who have suffered so greatly from this base and cowardly onslaught of terror.  Thank you! Please help us to help Herzog continue its vital workduring this critical time. Donate now

During this time of crisis in our beloved Israel, HERZOG has dramatically expanded all of its mental health and psychotrauma services, adding psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers to help the thousands of people affected emotionally by the war.  The staffs of both Herzog’s Metiv-Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma, and its Community Mental Health Center, are working with the survivors of the massacre of 7th October and their families to assist them to deal with both the short-term and long-term mental health challenges which they now face. Our…

Letter to friends of Herzog Medical Center – 13 Oct. 2023

Dear Friends,

7 days. A whole week of war of the type that few countries in the “civilized” world have experienced in recent times, if at all.

Dear Friend of Herzog Hospital, As of this writing, the casualty count is over 700 murdered, over 2500 injured, and at least 100 kidnapped and taken to the Gaza Strip – an inconceivable number for any event short of an earthquake. Even for a country as inured to terror as is Israel, this is a tragedy of epic proportions, especially considering the size of the country. Almost everyone has a relative or a friend affected by this event. Here at HERZOG we have moved rapidly onto…

Dear Friend of Herzog Medical Center, We are very proud to tell you of HERZOG’s recent activities on the international front! Earlier this month, Dr. Jacob Haviv, CEO and Director-General of Herzog Medical Center, and Prof. Pinchas Dannon, Director of the Department of Psychiatry, were invited to Istanbul, Turkey to discuss collaborations in the field of mental health. In addition, Prof Dannon spoke at the mental health conference “The Meeting Point of Neuroelectrophysiology & Genetics,” and gave two presentations: “Noninvasive…

Each year, Israel’s Ministry of Health reviews the performance of every hospital in Israel. We are very proud to inform you that Herzog Hospital scored a perfect score of 10 in the Ministry of Health’s quality indicators report for 2022 – making HERZOG the highest ranking of all geriatric hospitals in Israel. “It is a great pride for the employees of Herzog Hospital to receive recognition from the Ministry of Health for their commitment 24/7, 365 days a year,”  stated Dr. Jacob (Kobi) Haviv, CEO…

We are happy to inform you that at the request of Israel’s Ministry of Health we have closed the last open Covid 19 unit in Israel. The Ministry originally asked us to convert our Sheltered Underground hospital to a sterile Covid Isolation Unit at the height of the Covid pandemic. At one point, we had 120 people hospitalized in the unit. During the pandemic we cared for over 2,000 patients. Because of our expertise in respiratory care and treating the…

The staff at Herzog Hospital’s Children’s Chronic Respiratory Care Department continues to find new ways to help improve the health and quality of life of each childin the department. Ten-year-old Yosef has been hospitalized in the Department since his birth.  His family wanted to find some way to take their son to visit the Kotel – the Western Wall – for special prayers to celebrate his birthday, even though he was hooked up to a respirator and could not get out…