“We are at War!”

“We are at War!” Chareidi Professor’s Coronavirus Warning to the Whole World Prominent Chabad Chossid, Professor Eliyahu Sorkin, director of the Intensive Care Unit at Maaynei Hayeshua Hospital, Bnei Brak, has issued a serious warning that the coronavirus witnessed now is not just ‘another disease’. In a full length interview with the Hebrew language newspaper […]

International Zoom Event

Coronavirus Department - Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center

PRESENTING MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS DISCUSSING THE COVID-19 CONUNDRUM Fighting the Physical and Mental Health Effects of Coronavirus SPONSORED BY INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF MAYANEI HAYESHUA MEDICAL CENTER THE ANGLOS IN ISRAEL CHAPTER WHAT: A PANEL OF EXPERTS WHEN: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at 8PM WHERE: On-Line – On Zoom. THIS IS A FREE EVENT BUT SPACE IS […]

The story of ‘Y’ – a miraculous return to life

When ‘Y’ was hospitalized in the Eating Disorders Unit of Mayanei Hayeshua, she was desperately ill – physically and emotionally.  She was horribly emaciated.  She was so weak that she could barely lift herself up.  Most frightening of all, ‘Y’, a young teenager, had completely given up on herself.  She had lost the will to […]

Mayanei Hayeshua expands role of Tele-psychiatry in response to Covid-19

Teletherapy - Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center

Mayanei Hayeshua’s Mental Health Center responded to the Covid-19 pandemic by significantly expanding its tele-psychiatric services. Thanks to tele-psychiatry, more patients can be treated, shortening waiting lists and expanding geographical coverage.Virtual meetings between patients and mental health practitioners have become the new norm around the world, and Mayanei Hayeshua’s committed staff have adopted this new […]

Mayanei Hayeshua Battles Corona

Campus Mayanei Hayeshua

On February 21st 2020, the first cases of the novel coronavirus were recorded in Israel. Since the virus reached its shores, Israel has had one of the fastest response times in the world, ‘flattening the curve’ in almost record-breaking time. Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Centre was one of the first hospitals in Israel to establish a […]

From illness to wellness

Amongst the thirty-two departments which currently exist within the Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Centre campus, the Mental Health Centre is housed in a completely separate, state-of-the-art, seven story building. Recognizing the very diverse nature of the Israeli population, Mayanei Hayeshua’s Mental Health Centre is committed to providing the highest level psychiatric treatment in a manner that […]

Music Room

Music Room

In February 2020, Canadian Friends of Mayanei Hayeshua’s Board Chair, David WM Brown together with his wife Helen, visited Mayanei Hayeshua hospital and dedicated a music room in honour of their parents Shirley z”l & Al. G. Brown and Ros and Sam Segal z”l in the Mental Health Centre.The Music Therapy Suite in Mayanei Hayeshua’s […]

The story of ‘M’ – an eyewitness report of a ‘wow’ experience

Anorexia Department

My recent visit to MAYANEI HAYESHUA Eating Disorders Unit can be described as nothing short of extraordinary. I was part of a truly ‘WOW’ – transformational experience. I met a young woman – let’s call her ‘M’ to protect her privacy – who has been an in-patient in this program for just over a year. […]