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Six-month-old baby receives surgery months after swallowing package of staples

The baby’s parents sought medical treatment several times, after the baby suffered for about a month and a half from persistent coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath.

Staples found in a six-month-old's esophagus.
More and more laboring women are choosing to enter the pool instead of the delivery bed

The new trend capturing delivery rooms in Israel

A RESCUE TEAM evacuates a wounded person by helicopter near Sderot on October 7, 2023.

Years of disaster drills kept Israeli hospitals running - until Oct. 7 exposed the gaps

The entrance to the Bibas family home in Kibbutz Nir Oz, near Gaza border, in southern Israel, February 25, 2025

IDF's October 7 defense failure was at root of evacuation breakdowns, gov't probe finds


Assuta Ashdod closes coronavirus unit until further notice: zero patients

Over the last eight weeks, the hospital treated has 73 coronavirus patients, including some of the country’s youngest, among them a handful in serious condition.

Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital closes its coronavirus unit

On the frontlines of Israel's coronavirus fight

"What if I did not wash my hands properly or I put my phone down somewhere?"

The Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital Emergency Department

Treating trauma in Ashdod

Assuta Ashdod is the only hospital in Israel which has emergency medicine doctors on staff 24 hours a day.

Assuta Ashdod’s Emergency Department is considered one of the best in the country

Striving for excellence at Assuta Ashdod

What makes Assuta Ashdod unique is an old-fashioned determination to treat patients skillfully, while offering excellent service.

Doctors at Assauta Ashdod hospital

Ashdod’s Assuta Hospital to hold Home Front Command drill

The hospital is the first Israeli hospital designed to be able to fully function during chemical and biological weapons events.

Assuta Ashdod University Hospital

‘Post’ award celebrates Israel’s first public hospital in 40 years

The award was bestowed on Shemer at the Post’s annual conference in New York.

Prof. Joshua (Shuki) Shemer, MD, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Assuta Medical Centers Network receiving Assuta Prize by Minister of Construction Yoav Gallant and Jerusalem Post Group CEO Ronit Hassin-Hochman at the 7th Annual JPost Conference in NY

Assuta Ashdod University Hospital's integrated care model makes health system history

“This is one of the most important modern Zionist projects in Israel and the most dramatic event in the Israeli health system in decades,” said Prof. Joshua Shemer, chairman of Assuta Medical Centers

Assuta Ashdod University Hospital