When a child is sick, it can be very upsetting and traumatic for the whole family. Zion Medic is here to take some of the stress out of the situation by helping you find the best specialist for your child, along with the right hospital department where we will make sure that the whole family will be looked after. We will find the best accommodation for you, according to the size of your family and how long your stay will be, and will be available at every step along the journey to take care of you so that you can concentrate on taking care of your child.

Children make up over 25% of the population in Israel, and so it is not surprising that healthcare for children is paramount. It can be very stressful coping with a sick child, both practically and emotionally, and the aim of the medical teams across the board is to make the treatment process as smooth and stress-free as possible, both for the patient and the family too.

All the major medical centers in Israel have dedicated children’s hospitals. These include:

• The Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital, built in 2014 within the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa. It has been specially designed to make the hospital experience child-friendly, with unique themes on each floor, and many educational and fun facilities. It was also built with the advancement of medical technology in mind, so that patients can have access to all the latest, most up-to-date treatment options, whatever illness or condition they are facing.
• The Edmond and Lily Safra Children’s Hospital is part of the Sheba Medical Center. Part of their philosophy is to adopt a compassionate-care approach, including minimising pain by using optimal sedation, anesthesia and analgesic choices. The hospital has departments for many pediatric conditions, including PICU, neurology, pulmonology, oncology and hemato-oncology, and is also home to The National Cystic Fibrosis Center and the Congenital Heart Center.
• The Wilf Children’s Hospital is part of the Shaare Zedek medical Center. It is one of the largest children’s hospitals in Israel, and includes a dedicated pediatric emergency room. The hospital was designed especially to aid children and their families during treatment, with colorful, child-friendly wards, and small rooms with only one or two patients, including facilities for parents to stay with their child.
• Dana-Dwek Children’s Hospital, part of the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov). Among the pediatric specialities, they have a neurosurgical team, a cardiovascular team and an orthopedics team. The hospital has been designed to be child-centered and is warm and friendly.

The world-famous Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Petach Tikva, a stand-alone hospital built in 1991 is a specialist hospital solely for the treatment of children. A team of 1500 doctors, nurses, paramedical staff and support staff work together to provide 275,000 treatments and procedures every year, including a dedicated emergency room, surgical departments, genetic treatments, PICU, rehabilitation department, oncology departments and more. Schneider Medical Center has received many international awards and is known for innovation in pediatric medicine.

The ALYN Woldenberg Family Hospital is Israel’s only pediatric and adolescent rehabilitation facility. ALYN treats children with a wide range of congenital conditions, including cerebral palsy and neuromuscular diseases, as well as acquired conditions and injuries such as spinal cord injuries, brain injuries and  burns.