Assuta medical centers

Health Min. reviews possible sperm donor genetic mismatch at Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv

The ministry is examining a private genetic test conducted abroad after a patient raised questions about whether the sperm donor used to conceive her child was genetically matched.

View of the Assuta medical center in Ramat haHayal, Tel Aviv. June 17, 2025.
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An illustrative image of the HPV vaccine.

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Israel's Assuta permitted to expand IVF operations following scandals

The public hospitals’ IVF units had said that it was difficult for the to meet the demand of women for fertility treatments without the participation of private hospitals. 

 Pregnant woman suffers from depression (Illustrative)

Health Ministry to revamp Israel's IVF system following embryo mix-ups

After a scandal in which a child conceived through IVF had no genetic connection to his father the Health Ministry ordered an investigation.

 Laboratory in vitro fertilization.

How one Israeli hospital is combatting chemotherapy-based hair loss

"Hair loss will gradually become a rare phenomenon during chemotherapy treatments," Dr. Larisa Rivo, Director of the Oncology Institute stated.

 "Bald cap" for women and men to prevent hair loss during cancer treatments

Israel to transfer all IVF to public hospitals after Assuta scandals

Israle's Health Ministry is launching a team to investigate the IVF system after two scandals at Assuta.

 In vitro fertilization (Illustrative)

Parents in new Assuta IVF scandal claim hospital offered them hush money

The parents conducted a genetic test after one of their kids exhibited certain issues and found the father was not genetically related to the son.

Illustrative image of Invitro therapy.

Israeli child conceived through IVF at Assuta has no genetic link to father

According to the Tel Aviv hospital, the parents have asked that no inquiry be made and that their privacy be protected.

 A petri dish is seen following an embryo transfer surgery at the Beijing Perfect Family Hospital, in Beijing, China April 6, 2023

Choking on jelly bean sends Ashdod boy to hospital in serious condition

Unswallowable foreign objects have killed 50 children in the last five years

 Jelly beans.

Jerusalem boy with dairy allergy nearly dies after eating ice cream

The Jerusalem teenager had accidentally eaten dairy ice cream, thinking it was non-dairy. WIthin minutes, he showed signs of a life-threatening allergic reaction.

Ice cream cone (illustrative)

Assuta embryo case: Hospital mismanaged IVF unit, put money first

The members of the committee said that it was not a single unfortunate mistake but a chain of errors that caused the embryos to be replaced.

 Baby (Illustrative).

High Court: Stop looking for genetic parents of Assuta embryo-swap baby

A couple who had undergone IVF at Assuta discovered during the pregnancy that they had been given the wrong embryo.

 Baby (Illustrative).