Organ donation

Kafr Kassem girl's organ saves Jerusalem boy in life-saving heart transplant

“Organ donation gives life, literally. Whoever saves one life, saves an entire world,” said the doctor in charge of the transplant.

Three-and-a-half-year-old Rafael and his mother beside the Berlin Heart device following one of the surgeries he underwent at Clalit's Schneider Children's Medical Center.
Medical team performing surgery

IDF soldier killed in Lebanon's organ donation saves six patients simultaneously

CLALIT SCHNEIDER Children's Medical Center.

Four Israeli children saved in organ transplant marathon

Staff Sgt. (Res.) Effi Beniacar.

'Always put others first': IDF reservist who died while on leave saves four with organ transplants


For the first time in Israel, rabbi donates two organs to two people

Rabbi Elad Gadot made two organ donations in the span of 13 years, becoming the first multi-organ donor in Israel.

The Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Campus in Petah Tikva

The human spirit: #684

Now the numbers themselves are part of the story, changing how Israel is perceived.

(LEFT TO right) Dr. Samir Abu- Gazala; recipient Miles Hartog (in bed); donor Dr. Moshe Halberstam; and Dr Abed Khalaila.

Regenerative medicine firm CollPlant launches Israel R&D center

The facilities will serve CollPlant for development of its products, including BioInks for 3D bioprinting of tissues and organs, and dermal fillers for medical aesthetics.

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Rare double-organ transplant conducted at Israeli children's hospital

In addition to the difficulty involved within a double-organ transplant, doctors also said that they found the donor's internal organs in "reverse order" from normal positioning.

Hilde Amram together with Dr. Orit Visbor

Nechama Rivlin stable after further hospital procedures

Nechama Rivlin has been suffering from pulmonary fibrosis for several years.

President Reuven Rivlin and his wife, Nechama, spend quality time with a puppy

New Jersey rabbi gave kidney to a stranger, now donates liver

The two men met for the first time shortly before they were taken to surgery in adjoining operating rooms.

Rabbi Ephraim Simon

Palestinian baby clings to life after heart transplant from Israeli child

The transplant last week marked the first time that a Palestinian baby has received a heart transplant from a Jewish child.

babies

Canadian radio host with leukemia saved by Israeli bone marrow donor

The donor's bone marrow match was found by a swab test taken during his service in the IDF, which has a partnership with Ezer Mizion.

Stu Schwartz, leukemia patient, meets David Levi, the bone marrow donor that saved his life, 2018

Modern Orthodox rabbis endorse organ donation as a mitzva

New ADI donor card issued to encourage religious to take part

Hands holding green organ transplant awareness ribbon (illustrative).

Donor for life

The most difficult period for any family is when it has to decide whether to donate the organs of a loved one.

PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN and his wife, Nechama (second from left), host (from left) Vered Shirazi, Adnan Haj Yihye and Michal Vitori yesterday during an event at the President’s Residence encouraging organ donations.