From the Press
Five more MRIs to be allowed in outlying hospitals
Jerusalem Post (August 6, 2008)
By Judy Siegel
Following a report by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel that stated that advanced medical aquipment in the country – with periphery areas having difficulty getting access to CT, MRI, and other scanners.
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Emergency Medical Center Takes Shape in Ashdod
HAARETZ (Pesach 2008)
By Susan de la Fuente
The good news is that emergency health facilities for Ashdod are nearing completion. The bad news is that it has taken so long to provide such vital services to this humming port city of 225,000 residents and the 40,000-50,000 people living nearby.
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Hospital on the horizon?
Jerusalem Post (March 9, 2008)
Even if our lives are generally uneventful, we sometimes need emergency medical services or hospitalization and expect to find such facilities close to our home or workplace. Today's deteriorating security situation now makes this need more vital than ever, especially in Israel's southern region.
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Connecticut joins drive to build first hospital in Ashdod Israel’s largest port lies in Hamas line of fire
JEWISHLEDGER (January 25, 2008)
By Judie Jacobson
An international effort to provide Israel’s fifth largest and fastest growing city with its first ever full-service hospital has reached Connecticut - where it will be launched in Stamford on Thursday evening, Jan. 31 at the home of Nancy and Gadi Mimoun.
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Ashdod's ultra- Orthodox fete Gaydamak for donation after gov't fails to come with the funds.
Haaretz (Friday, April 6, 2007)
By Yair Ettinger
Arcadi Gaydamak- oligarch, philanthropist or opportunist? In the ultra- Orthodox community' at any rate' the Russian- Israeli multi-millionaire has earned himself a new and distinguished title: Gaydamak the Generous. The ultra- Orthodox community of Asdod applied the designation to him a few days ago during a festive ceremony where he pledged NIS 500,000 toward building a new medical center in town.
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A medical center for port city of Asdod
Chicago Jewish News (February 9-15, 2007)
Shlomo Almog
Responding to imminent medical crisis in Israel's bustling port city of Asdod, a phalanx of Israeli medical professionals, influential Knesset members and renowned rabbinical leaders have joined forces to create the Asdod Emergency Medical Center.
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Ashdod to get new medical center
Jewish Tribune, U.K.
Shlomo Almog, Jerusalem
ONE of Israel's least medically equipped cities is to have its own emergency medical center. Senior Israeli Medical Professionals, Politicians &Rabbinical leaders have joined forces to launch the facility in Ashdod, in response to an imminent medical crisis in the bustling port city.
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Rav Lau Responds To Medical Crisis In Ashdod
The Jewish Press (Friday, January 5, 2007)
By Steve K. Walz
For the first time his illustrious rabbinical career, former Israeli chief rabbi, Rabbi Yisroel Meir Lau (who is also currently serving a second term as chief rabbi of Tel medical overdue long a forwarding fast- for responsibility personal taken has Aviv),facility in Ashdod
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New Medical Center In Ashdod
Jewish World (January 12-18, 2007)
Asdod, Israel's fifth-largest city, is home to the country's second-largest port facility, Israel Defense Forces installations and many major industries. Yet unlike most central and northern Israeli cities, Asdod lacks a medical facility, the nearest being at least a 40-minute drive away. In particular, an ER facility is needed to serve victims of terror attacks
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