Elisha Medical Center

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Elisha Medical Center
Geography
Location	Haifa, Israel
Coordinates	32°48′03″N 34°59′32″E / 32.80083°N 34.99222°E / 32.80083; 34.99222
Organisation
Care system	Private
Services
Beds	140+
History
Opened	May 31, 1949; 75 years ago (1949-05-31)
Links
Website	www.elishahospital.com
Lists	Hospitals in Israel

The Elisha Medical Center, also called Elisha Hospital (Hebrew: בית חולים אלישע) is a private hospital in Haifa, northern Israel. The center offers its patients physicians, technology and equipment, to provide the patients medical treatment. In order to expand its services and reach a broader patient population, the hospital has collaborated with the Rambam Medical Center. The facilities include the hyperbaric oxygen treatment center and the clinic for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).^[1]

The center has departments dedicated to surgery, gynecology, urology, orthopedics, cardiology, rehabilitation, gastroenterology and dialysis. Elisha has 140 hospital beds and six operation rooms designed to make different surgical procedures, from cardiac and plastic surgery, to back surgery and joint replacement. The hospital has a staff of 300 personnel and 200 doctors, which performs 10.000 surgical procedures, and 12.000 ambulatory procedures each year, as well as in vitro fertilization treatments (IVF).^[1]

Elisha Medical Center houses several specialized units, notably the Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Center, recognized as one of the few licensed facilities of its kind in Israel. This center offers advanced hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for various medical conditions.^[2]

In 2024, Elisha Medical Center collaborated with the Medix sports medicine center to establish a new medical facility at the Sami Ofer Stadium in Haifa. This partnership aims to provide comprehensive medical and rehabilitation services to athletes and the general population in the Haifa region and northern Israel.^[3]

Elisha Medical Center is a prominent destination for medical tourism in northern Israel, attracting patients from around the world seeking high-quality care. The hospital provides a wide range of medical treatments, including complex surgeries, fertility treatments (IVF), and rehabilitation services. Patients benefit from state-of-the-art facilities, expert medical staff, and personalized care tailored to their specific needs.

In April 2014, Gennady Kernes, the mayor of Kharkiv in Ukraine, was treated at Elisha Medical Center after surviving an assassination attempt. He was transferred to the hospital for specialized medical care, highlighting the center's capability to handle complex international cases.^[4]

• www.elishahospital.com/ (in hebrew)