Gross negligence by a senior gynecologist and a senior nurse caused a baby weighing 4.5 kilograms to be born dead in the 40th week of pregnancy, according to a recent ruling by Be'er Sheva Magistrate's Court.
0 commentsSenior cardiologists at Ichilov Hospital Tel Aviv do not always inform patients about leakage from valves implanted in transplant procedures. This policy is problematic, say top surgeons, because even small leaks can cause coronary and respiratory problems.
0 commentsThe Tel Aviv District Police's Fraud Squad is investigating suspicions that gynecologist Prof. Mordechai Goldenberg of Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, asked for, and received, bribes from women under his care.
0 commentsA woman who died of complications after serious stomach surgery was not seen by a senior surgeon for 24 hours following the procedure, and her surgeon did not transmit to the duty physician in the ward information regarding the seriousness of the patient's condition.
0 commentsM.S., a 55-year-old man from Tel Aviv, says he is glad he paid NIS 5,000 to have Dr. Gideon Oretzky, director of the heart surgery department at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, operate on him.
0 commentsTwo patients in Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, were given wrong blood transfusions by mistake, and a senior Health Ministry official called it "a serious case of negligence."
0 commentsIchilov Hospital chief Gabi Barabash was questioned for more than five hours yesterday by the Tel Aviv police fraud squad about allegations of bribery to cardiologists at other hospitals for sending patients to Ichilov.
with Roni Singer-Heruti 0 commentsThe Clalit health maintenance organization and Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center are to sign an agreement that will allow gynecologist Prof. Zion Ben-Rafael to return as director of the hospital's maternity ward for four to six months.
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