Friends of Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer

The Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital's mission is the treatment and caring of the sickest children with the most complex medical conditions.  We are able to provide state-of-the-art care with all modern technologies available in each of our specialty units. Many of our patients have serious chronic diseases and we pay particular attention to providing a friendly, compassionate and pain-free environment for our children.

In the tradition of Sheba Medical Center, the Pediatric Division has led the way in this country in the establishment of new pediatric services. This includes the building and staffing of a modern intensive care unit with a step down intermediate unit, an in-patient hemato-oncology unit that performs bone marrow transplantation and intensive chemotherapy, an outpatient clinical service and day care center for Oncology patients and a pediatric hospice. A pediatric surgical department that caters to all the pediatric subspecialties including Neurosurgery, Cardiac Surgery, Orthopedics, Urology and Otorhinolaryngology.

Our child development center was the first of its kind in Israel and is part of our psychiatric services. We also have a day care center for autistic children.

 The Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital offers

  • A comprehensive hospital, from acute care to rehabilitation; from well-baby care to life-threatening trauma
  • A "pain free" hospital: all treatments are done with specialized anesthesia so that the child experiences no pain and no fear
  • 155 beds serving more than 60,000 patients a year, including 8,000 in-patient admissions, 16,000 emergency room visits, and many ambulatory patients
  • More than 10,000 infants born a year, including at least 1,200 requiring special or intensive care
  • Israel's leading pediatric services in hematology and hemato-oncology, bone marrow transplantation, rheumatology, rehabilitation and more

The Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital

  • Operates the Middle East Pediatric Congenital Heart Diseases Center with units in genetic research and counseling, early diagnosis of intra-uterine congenital heart defects, and sophisticated cardiac surgery
  • Is open to patients from across Israel, the Mediterranean region, the Palestinian Authority and the Arab world
  • Is housed in an architectural masterpiece: hospital building is physically designed to create a cheerful "fantasy" environment for the children its serves

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  • Friends of Sheba Medical Center is a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization. Federal Tax ID 23-7076117.