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[[File:Palestinian_families_find_a_shelter_in_Barzilay_hospital,_Ashqelon.jpg|thumb|250px|Palestinian and Israeli families find a shelter at Barzilai hospital during shelling from Grad rockets from the Gaza Strip]]
[[File:Palestinian_families_find_a_shelter_in_Barzilay_hospital,_Ashqelon.jpg|thumb|250px|Palestinian and Israeli families find a shelter at Barzilai hospital during shelling from Grad rockets from the Gaza Strip]]
Plans to build a new rocket and missile-proof emergency room for the hospital in 2010 were hampered by [[Haredi Judaism|ultra-orthodox]] protests sparked by the discovery of human remains in an ancient burial ground unearthed during construction activities.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.jpost.com/HealthAndSci-Tech/Health/Article.aspx?id=171302 |title=Don't budge Barzilai bones |newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |date=18 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103011707/http://www.jpost.com/HealthAndSci-Tech/Health/Article.aspx?id=171302 |archive-date=3 January 2018 |issn=0021-597X}}</ref>
Plans to build a new rocket and missile-proof emergency room for the hospital in 2010 were hampered by [[Haredi Judaism|ultra-orthodox]] protests sparked by the discovery of human remains in an ancient burial ground unearthed during construction activities.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.jpost.com/HealthAndSci-Tech/Health/Article.aspx?id=171302 |title=Don't budge Barzilai bones |newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |date=18 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103011707/http://www.jpost.com/HealthAndSci-Tech/Health/Article.aspx?id=171302 |archive-date=3 January 2018 |issn=0021-597X}}</ref>

In 2021, Barzilai Medical Center introduced an innovative treatment for chronic skin wounds that combines plastic surgery and orthopedic rehabilitation. The clinic is open to anyone suffering from chronic ulcers or deep wounds in skin tissue.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/health-science/new-treatment-for-chronic-wounds-performed-at-barzilai-medical-center-656562 New treatment for chronic wounds performed at Barzilai Medical Center]</ref>


==Landmarks==
==Landmarks==

Revision as of 09:47, 4 June 2023

Barzilai Medical Center
  • מרכז רפואי ברזילי‎
  • مركز برزيلاي الطبي
Barzilai Medical Center
Map
Geography
LocationHa-Histadrut, Ashkelon, Israel
Coordinates31°39′43″N 34°33′35″E / 31.6619°N 34.5597°E / 31.6619; 34.5597
Organisation
Care systemMinistry of Health
FundingPublic hospital
TypeDistrict General, Teaching
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds617
History
Former name(s)Ashkelon Hospital
OpenedJuly 1961
Links
Websitebmc.gov.il/eng
ListsHospitals in Israel

Barzilai Medical Center (Hebrew: מרכז רפואי ברזילי, Merkaz Refu'i Barzilai; Arabic: مركز برزيلاي الطبي) is a 600-bed district general hospital in Ashkelon, Israel.[1] The hospital serves a population of 500,000, including a large number of Ethiopian and Russian immigrants, and has more than 100,000 admissions annually.

History

Barzilai Medical Center at night

The Barzilai University Medical Center opened in 20 July 1961, and was initially named Ashkelon Hospital. Construction was financed by the Ministry of Health with the assistance of the South African Zionist Federation, the Ashkelon municipality and Mifal HaPayis. The building was designed by the architect David Brutzkus, covering an area of 8,000m². In 1971, it was renamed after Minister of Health Yisrael Barzilai, who had laid the cornerstone of the building in the early 1960s,[2] and who had died the previous year.

Situated six miles from Gaza, it has been the target of numerous Qassam and Grad rocket attacks, sometimes as many as 140 in one weekend. The hospital plays a vital role in treating wounded soldiers and terror victims.[3]

Palestinian and Israeli families find a shelter at Barzilai hospital during shelling from Grad rockets from the Gaza Strip

Plans to build a new rocket and missile-proof emergency room for the hospital in 2010 were hampered by ultra-orthodox protests sparked by the discovery of human remains in an ancient burial ground unearthed during construction activities.[4]

In 2021, Barzilai Medical Center introduced an innovative treatment for chronic skin wounds that combines plastic surgery and orthopedic rehabilitation. The clinic is open to anyone suffering from chronic ulcers or deep wounds in skin tissue.[5]

Landmarks

Muslims at Mejdal, April 1943, with Mashhad al-Husayn in the background.

A section of the grounds of the hospital is believed by some Shia Muslims to have been the burial place of the head of Husayn ibn Ali (Arabic: رَأس ٱلحُسَين, romanized: Rās al-Ḥusayn), a grandson of Muhammad. It was secretly moved by the Abbasids from its original burial site at The Great Mosque of Damascus. In the 11th century, Badr al-Jamali discovered the location and built a shrine known as the Shrine of Husayn's Head (Arabic: مشْهد ٱلنَبِي ٱلحُسَين, romanized: Mäšhäď al-Nabī al-Ḥusyan, lit. 'Mausoleum of our Lord Husayn')[6] at the direction of the Fatimid Imam-Caliph, Ma'ad al-Mustansir. The shrine has since been a pilgrimage site for Shi'a Muslims and historically also Palestinian Sunnis.[7]: 185–186 [8][9]

Dawoodi Bohra pilgrims at the shrine on the hospital grounds, August 2019

In July 1950 the multi-story structure was destroyed by Israel Defense Forces under instructions from Moshe Dayan.[7]: 205–206 [10] Around 2000, a marble platform was installed at the site by Mohammed Burhanuddin.[8][11][10][12]

References

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  1. ^ ‘We are in a war zone,’ says head of Israeli hospital targeted by rockets, Jerusalem Post
  2. ^ About The Barzilai Medical Center Archived 28 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine Barzilai Medical Center
  3. ^ "Steady rain of missiles strains Israeli hospital". NjJewishNews.com. New Jersey Jewish News. 8 April 2008. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ "Don't budge Barzilai bones". The Jerusalem Post. 18 March 2010. ISSN 0021-597X. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018.
  5. ^ New treatment for chronic wounds performed at Barzilai Medical Center
  6. ^ Michael Press (March 2014). "Hussein's Head and Importance of Cultural Heritage". American School of Oriental Research. Archived from the original on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  7. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference thesis was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ a b Rami Amichay (9 February 2015). "Prophet's grandson, Hussein, honored on the grounds of an Israeli hospital". Reuters. Archived from the original on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  9. ^ "أتباع البهرة الشيعية يذرفون الدمع على قبر للحسين في عسقلان" [Shi'a Bohra followers shed tears at Hussein's grave in Ashkelon] (in Arabic). No. 9825. 11 February 2015. p. 20. ISSN 0140-010X. Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2020 – via alarab.co.uk.
  10. ^ a b History Erased Haaretz, 5 July 2007
  11. ^ Sacred surprise behind Israeli hospital Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2008
  12. ^ "Archeology for Everyone". Municipality of Ashkelon. Archived from the original on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
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