New Neonatal Care Center at Soroka
The New Neonatal Care Center will serve all newborns in the Negev and provide full protection against missile attacks in accordance with the standards of the Home FrontCommand of the Israel Defense Forces.
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Neonatal Care Today
The Neonatal Department staff includes 8 senior neonatalogists, 5 pediatricians in-training, and 80 nursing and support personnel. The unit’s guiding principles are to place emphasis on the infant's health and safety, engage parents' maximum involvement, and ensure proper preparation of the family to assume responsibility for the care of their infant. The chairperson and physicians of Soroka’s Neonatal Care Center are also deeply involved in bringing the best neonatal care to developing countries. Since 2002 the team has been involved in a unique program in Ghana in collaboration with the Israel Ministry of External Affairs and the Millennium Cities Initiative aimed at reducing infant mortality while applying innovative concepts of low cost interventions and sustainability.
The Neonatal Department at Soroka Medical Center is the busiest in the country and one
of Israel’s finest. More than 15% of all newborn infants have serious medical problems that require intensive or special care. Soroka’s Neonatal Department cares for several thousand of these infants annually.
Soroka Medical center is establishing a new Neonatal Care Center that will serve all
newborns in the Negev and provide world-class medical care in a family-oriented environment that is fully protected against missile attacks.
The new Neonatal Care Center will be housed in a four-story, missile-proof building with an area of 5,730 square meters (more than 61,500 square feet).
Construction began in the spring of 2022 and is planned to be completed by the middle of 2026.
Donor Opportunities Please Contact:
Rachel Heisler Sheinfeld | Executive Director
American Friends of Soroka Medical Center
Office: 914-725-9070 | Mobile: 914-582-6750
