Herzog Hospital
HERZOG HOSPITAL
JERUSALEM ISRAEL
Sarah Herzog Hospital, established in 1894 is Israel’s foremost center for geriatric, respiratory, mental health and psychotrauma care, treatment and research. With 330 beds, Herzog Hospital is the third largest hospital in Jerusalem. Today the Hospital specializes in the full range of problems associated with aging-acute medical problems, physical rehabilitation; Psychogeriatrics; with special emphasis on the diagnosis and treatment Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease; senile dementia; Chronic Respiratory Care; Complex Medical and Nursing Care and Osteoporosis. A special Children’s Chronic Respiratory Care Department provides respiratory care for children ranging in age from three months to 18 years. Herzog’s Clinical Research Center for Brain Sciences concentrates on Neurodegenerative Diseases with a special emphasis on Parkinson’s Disease, schizophrenia, and other brain disorders and related diseases. The Hospital is in the midst of constructing the new eight floor Edith and Dr. Heinz E. Samson Medical Pavilion which will add 270 much needed beds. Thirty percent of those treated by HerzogHospital are Holocaust survivors. Approximately 15% of Hospital patients are Arab Muslims or Christians.
Off campus the Community Mental Health Clinic treats 2000 men, women and children each month. Special clinics treat children with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder. Herzog’s Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma treats the victims of terror attacks, domestic violence, Holocaust survivors and those who have suffered from the rocket attacks in both the north and south of Israel. It also provides trauma training to professionals throughout Israel. Since 9/11, it has also become an international resource center, working with trauma specialists throughout the world. Herzog is a major teaching hospital providing student and residency training in Geriatrics and Psychiatry, Psychology and Social Work for the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School. It maintains an empowerment program to train Ethiopian women immigrants to become nurses’ aides.
Division of Geriatrics: Departments specializing in Acute medical problems and rehabilitation; Psychogeriatrics; with special emphasis on the diagnosis and treatment of behavioral changes; Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease; senile dementia; Chronic Respiratory Care; other departments provide Complex Medical and Nursing Care; Dialysis, Osteoporosis and the full range of problems associated with aging.
Physical Rehabilitation: Experienced physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech therapists help patients recovering from hip surgery and strokes to regain a maximum level of functioning. Its award winning department boasts an 80% success rate in helping these patients return to active healthy lives.
Children’s Chronic Respiratory Care Department: is an extension of the Hospital’s successful 100 bed Adult Respiratory Department. The Children’s Respiratory Department provides respiratory care for children ranging in age from three months to 18 years. Children represent a unique challenge in this very specialized field. Congenital defects, genetic diseases or trauma caused by accidents or malice (such as falls, drowning, car accidents, terror attacks etc.) cause such severe injuries that the child requires the continued support of a respirator to breathe.
The Departments of Psychiatry have a high level of success in treating those suffering from schizophrenia and other mental illness. Herzog maintains the only unit in Israel specializing in the treatment of severe therapy resistant depression.
The Clinical Research Center for Brain Sciences conducts multidisciplinary research focusing on the brain, blending basic and applied clinical sciences with the special patient population available for immediate study. The research concentrates on Neurodegenerative Diseases with a special emphasis on Parkinson’s Disease and related disorders, drawing on our expertise in neuro-pyschogeriatrics, as well as work that has been ongoing in the hospital looking into the molecular and histopathological level of cerebellar function in Parkinson’s patients. The current areas of focus are stroke – researching the process of neuro-rehabilitation working in Transcranial Direct and Alternating Current Stimulation which is a growing field in the science of cognition and especially in stroke recovery; Anoxic Brain Damage, schizophrenia, depression, and ALS.
The Community Mental Health Center treats 2000 men, women and children each month on an outpatient basis with an extensive program in schools, clinics and other institutions. Special clinics treat children with Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder and Tourette’s Syndrome It has developed significant experience in counseling the ultra-orthodox.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder-Victims of terrorist attacks, domestic and school violence, car accidents and Holocaust survivors and their children, suffer from a unique form of anxiety and behavioral problems known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Herzog’s Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma maintains one of the most effective treatment and research centers in Israel. It has already become an international resource center as well as working with trauma specialists throughout the world. Today it is a nationwide leader in helping Israelis cope with the violence of terrorist attacks and the ongoing rocket attacks in southern Israel. The TraumaCenter has become the key magnet providing trauma counseling services, therapy and educational seminars in Jerusalem and throughout Israel.
Herzog is a major teaching hospital providing student and residency training in Geriatrics and Psychiatry, Psychology and Social Work for the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School.
Finance: Herzog Hospital is required to raise part of its operating budget, as well as funds for improvement, expansion and research from private sources, including planned gifts and bequests. Projects are supported through “FRIENDS OF HERZOG HOSPITAL” groups, overseas and in Israel, and by foundations and individuals.
Donor Information: Extensive Gift and naming opportunities include the new departments of Physical Rehabilitation; Psychogeriatrics; Acute Geriatric Care; Psychiatry; Adult and Children’s Chronic Respiratory and Complex Nursing. In all departments patient rooms are available for dedication. With the construction of the Samson Medical Pavilion, there are also many new excellent naming opportunities. New medical equipment is also always a pressing need. Numerous research projects in genetics, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s Disease, schizophrenia and other areas require funding. The Hospital maintains a full range of endowment and deferred giving plans including charitable remainder trusts & pooled income funds.
HerzogHospital
P.O. Box 3900
Givat Shaul St.
Jerusalem9103702
Israel
Tel. 972-2-5316875
Cafeteria
Located at the entrance of the Hospital, the cafiteria offers cold & hot drinks, sandwiches, candies, and more.
Hours : 8:30:00 – 18:00
Public Phones
At the entrance floor of the Hospital and in some departments.
Drinks Machine
At the entrance floor of the Hospital.
Hours : 24 hours a day
Visiting Hours
The visiting hours at the Geriatric’s departments are from 08:30 – 20:30 pm
We recommend to find out the exact visiting hours on the psychiatric departments
Synagogue
Open 24 hours a day for the use of patients, staff and families.
The synagogue is also used for wedding and bar-mitzva celebrations of patients’ family members.
Located in 2nd floor of the Hospital.
Hours : 24 hours a day
Contact Person : Rabbi Nethaniel Elbaz
Library
Medical and general multilingual library for the use of the staff and patients.
Hours : Daily 08:00-12:00; Thursday: 13:00-16:00
Contact Person : Mr. Nir Levin
