Soroka Medical Center

Patient held in isolation in Soroka Hospital tests negative for Ebola after returning from DRC

The Health Ministry emphasized that currently there have been no confirmed cases of Ebola in Israel.

AUGUST 16, 2026|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN

Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, southern Israel, March 30, 2026.

Israeli isolated in hospital while being tested for suspected Ebola symptoms after visiting DRC

A man who returned to Israel from the Democratic Republic of Congo has been placed in isolation at Soroka Medical Center while being tested for Ebola after reporting a fever.

AUGUST 11, 2026|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN

Prof. Shlomi Kodesh, Director General of Soroka Medical Center, alongside Yair Kaplan, CEO of Jerusalem Bank

Bank of Jerusalem to donate hundreds of thousands of shekels to Soroka

One year after direct hit crippled large parts of hospital, partnership signed to double Southern rehabilitation response and provide first pediatric rehab inpatient care in region.

AUGUST 4, 2026|ByAVICHAY CHAIM

TOBACCO SMOKING and second- and third-hand smoking (exposure to other’s smoke or toxins on rugs, curtains, and furniture) accounts for over 70% of COPD cases in high-income countries, with symptoms including coughing, sometimes with phlegm, difficulty breathing, wheezing, and tiredness.

Does smoking outside protect your children from cigarette smoke? Israeli study says no

'Many parents believe that smoking outdoors protects their children,” said Prof. Ariel Tarasiuk. 'Our findings suggest that this is not always the case.'

AUGUST 1, 2026|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

'A severely wounded soldier asked me to say the Shema with him'

Oshrit Hadad, a paramedic from the Ashdod MDA station wanted to be as helpful as possible on October 7th, so she went to the Netivot MDA station to help out. This is her story.

JUNE 30, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Soroka Medical Center Honored for Resilience Amidst Crisis

Dr. Shlomi Codish shared Soroka's efforts, triumphs, and tragedies on and since October 7.

JUNE 9, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Dr. Codish recounted Soroka's operation under fire

Soroka Medical Center: Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ of health

As of today, Soroka has treated over 3,000 casualties arising from Oct. 7,. 2,100 of whom are wounded soldiers.

MAY 24, 2024ByANDREA SAMUELS

Sister of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh treated in Israeli hospital

Haniyeh's sisters live in Tel Sheva, and one of them gave birth to a premature baby in the last few days, receiving life-saving treatment from the medical team.

FEBRUARY 5, 2024ByDR. ITAY GAL

Hamas Gaza Chief Yahya Sinwar (L) gestures as he speaks with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip September 19, 2017

Franklin Graham dedicates ambulances to fallen Magen David Adom medics

In addition to the 14 ambulances, Samaritan's Purse is donating seven armored ambulances to MDA, which are still in production and are expected to be delivered this spring.

JANUARY 24, 2024ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

The family of MDA volunteer doctor and senior physician at Soroka University Medical Center Beer Sheva Dr. Eitan Ne'eman with Samaritan's Purse president Rev. Franklin Graham standing in front of the ambulance, donated by the American Evangelical humanitarian aid organization in his memory.

'Every day in Gaza was hell': Freed Hamas hostages, siblings speak out

“Every day there is like hell,” Maya Regev said.

DECEMBER 11, 2023BySAM HALPERN

Israel's FIZE Medical donates advanced kidney devices to Soroka

FIZE’s patented kidney monitoring system provides minute-by-minute digital UO monitoring, with resolution accuracy down to the microliter for ICU patients of all ages.

DECEMBER 4, 2023ByARIEL SHAPIRA