Herzog Hospital Celebrates 110th Year Anniversary
On the fifth day of Hannukah in 1895, a group of women- Ezrath Nashim- opened a two room center in the Old City of Jerusalem to care for the mentally ill. Today, it has grown into a 340 bed comprehensive geriatric and mental health hospital the Herzog Hospital.
Today, it is the home of:
* The third largest hospital in Jerusalem
* One of the best physical and occupational rehabilitation facilities after hip surgery and stroke
* A multi-disciplinary center in psychogeriatrics treating Alzheimer’s Disease and other senile dementias
* The first Community Mental Health Outreach Center in Israel, which has served as a model for similar centers to be established throughout the country
* The Temmy and Albert Latner Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma treating victims of terror and serving as the major center in Israel to train the next generation of trauma treatment therapists
* The first Walk-in Crisis Center in Israel, Metiv
* The Schonbaum National Center for Treatment Resistant Depression
* A leading center for internationally recognized treatment of schizophrenia in Israel
* One of only three chronic respiratory facilities in Israel
* The major center for the Treatment of Pressure Sores
* A key research center in behavioral genetics
