Beit Loewenstein Rehabilitation Medical Center prepared to receive the wounded

Israel’s largest rehabilitation hospital – Beit Loewenstein Medical Center in Ra’anana – is ready to receive wounded now being treated in the country’s general hospitals to provide rehabilitation. 

The management of the medical center – which is owned by the largest health fund, Clalit Health Services – together with all the multi-professional teams at the center have made all the necessary preparations. These include doctors specializing in rehabilitation medicine, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, therapists communication-disorders specialists, social workers, dieticians and psychologists. The different specialties of the hospitalization departments are orthopedics, brain injuries, spinal injuries and intensive care for the restoration of consciousness.

'We did the same during and after the Yom Kippur War'

Hospital director Dr. Hagay Amir said: “We are coordinating with the Home Front Command, the Health Ministry’s rehabilitation division of the Health Ministry, and others are ready to receive the victims immediately. We did the same during and after the Yom Kippur War, and even now, all the employees of the medical center are willing to do so again.

"We offer our support and prayers to the Israel Defense Forces and the families who yearn for the safe return of their loved ones from captivity. We wish a full recovery for the wounded and our condolences to those who lost their loved ones in this attack by evil terrorists. With unity and doing good, we will maintain our resilience at home and at the front.”