Hadassah Medical Organization

Hadassah Medical Organization is Israel's sixth-largest hospital complex and a leading academic medical center, operating two campuses in Jerusalem, Ein Kerem and Mount Scopus, with more than 1,300 beds, 31 operating theaters and nine intensive care units. Owned and largely funded by Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, since its founding in 1912, the organization has weathered a recurring debt crisis and, as of late 2025, was again facing a deficit exceeding NIS 100 million.

How Is Hadassah Rated as a Hospital?

Newsweek ranked Hadassah Ein Kerem the fourth-best hospital in Israel and 242nd-best in the world in 2025. The organization runs five schools of medical professions, affiliated with Hebrew University's medical school, and operates as a Level 1 trauma center alongside major programs in oncology, cardiovascular medicine, infectious disease, reproductive medicine and pediatrics, conducting clinical trials and partnering with international academic medical centers.

Who Leads Hadassah Today?

Professor Yoram Weiss, Hadassah's 11th director-general, has led the organization since June 2022 after serving as acting director-general from 2021 and as director of Hadassah Ein Kerem from 2014 to 2021. A Technion-trained specialist in critical care and anesthesiology who has spent more than three decades at Hadassah, Weiss has pushed to expand the organization's research base and is overseeing a new satellite medical center in Beit Shemesh, a fast-growing city southwest of Jerusalem, intended to add emergency medicine, outpatient surgery, imaging, dialysis and oncology services.

Why Does Hadassah Keep Facing Financial Crises?

Hadassah has cycled through debt crises for more than a decade: the hospital declared bankruptcy in February 2014 with an accumulated deficit exceeding NIS 1 billion, triggering a government-backed recovery plan, a court-ordered suspension of insolvency proceedings, and the resignation of its then-CEO and several board members. The underlying dispute, tension between Hadassah's American ownership and the Israeli hospital leadership over funding and control, has recurred since. As of late 2025, Hadassah's management said the hospital expected to end the year with a deficit of more than NIS 100 million and argued the Israeli state owed it roughly NIS 700 million, partly tied to lost revenue during the fighting with Iran; Israel's Finance Ministry countered that the shortfall reflected mismanagement, including salary increases incompatible with the hospital's stated financial distress, and workers threatened a strike at both campuses.

What Is Hadassah's International and Medical Tourism Role?

Hadassah remains a destination for international medical tourists, particularly from the United States, Europe and Gulf countries, seeking cardiac surgery, oncology care, orthopedic procedures and fertility services. Medical tourism revenue helps fund research and education, alongside government contracts, patient fees and philanthropic support channeled through Hadassah's international fundraising network.