Herzliya Medical Center

Herzliya Medical Center

Geography
Location	Herzliya, Israel
Coordinates	32°10′39″N 34°48′12″E / 32.1774°N 34.8032°E / 32.1774; 34.8032Coordinates: 32°10′39″N 34°48′12″E / 32.1774°N 34.8032°E / 32.1774; 34.8032
Organisation
Care system	Private
Hospital type	Private General hospital
Services
Beds	80
History
Founded	1983
Links
Website	www.hmcisrael.com
Lists	Hospitals in Israel
Other links	הרצליה מדיקל סנטר

Herzliya Medical Center (Hebrew: הרצליה מדיקל סנטר‎) is a private hospital located in Herzliya Pituah a neighborhood facing the Mediterranean Sea. It is the first private hospital in Israel (40% owned by Clalit),founded in 1983. It is also one of the leading medical institutions in Israel, as well as a multi-institution that offers a full range of medical services.

Overview

Herzliya Medical Center has more than 400 medical experts in all leading branches of medicine. The hospital provides services to 8,000 outbound patients every year including services to all Foreign Nationals in Israel; Embassy employees and U.N. representatives posted to Israel. All the leading Heads of Departments in Israel work as private consultants and surgeons at HMC. Herzliya Medical Center has provided:

20,000 annual operations
5,000 orthopedic procedures
5,600 general surgeries
1,600 Bariatric procedures

Hospital Capacity:

19 Outpatient clinics
7 Operating rooms
12 VIP Rooms
2 Pharmacies
4 Hospital Administrative offices

History

1983 – The hospital was founded.
1999 – The United Nations and UNDOF elected HMC the number one medical service provider in Israel.
2001 – The hospital founded their exclusive department of medical tourism, whose first patients were Embassy representatives that were posted to Israel.
2013 – Inspection of the Ministry of Health of Israel confirmed HMC as the best medical institution in the country.

Facilities

Herzliya Medical Center is the only private clinic approved to provide treatment for psychiatric needs of patients, in addition to vital procedures such as facilitation of organ transplants, cardiac surgeries, and neurosurgical treatments. Herzliya Medical Center also has an outstanding Endoscopy Department. HMC boasts one of the best Diagnostics Department in Israel including a personal cytogenetic laboratory. In addition, Herzliya Medical Center has four outpatient departments, a modern rehabilitation department, department of nuclear medicine, and other pathological laboratories. HMC consists of eight operating rooms and provides highly skilled solutions for internal diseases of the following:

Center for Surgical Oncology – qualified surgeons perform pancreas, liver, colon;
General Surgery – common procedures: bariatric surgery, gall bladder surgery, hernia anal fissures, hemorrhoids. Of complex operations are gastroenterological surgery and vascular surgery stomach;
Orthopedic Center – surgery on the knee, hip, spine surgery;
Heart Center – operations of heart defects, all kinds of angioplasty and catheterization;
Cardiac Surgery Centre – has a license for open heart surgery, bypass surgery, valve replacement operations on the carotid artery and heart.

Departments

Staff

A distingishing feature of Herzliya Medical Center is their large variety of clinical specializations and staff of medical professionals with extensive practical experience, who work in collaboration with local experts for diagnosis, treatment, and innovative surgical procedures.

Herzliya Medical Center Staff:

350 high-level specialists
122 nurses
74 nurses with advanced certifications

References

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