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The Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, near
Tel Aviv, serves as Israel’s national research and uni-
versity-affiliated training hospital. It was founded
in 1948 as the country’s first military hospital. To-
day, it collaborates with biotech and pharmaceu-
tical companies around the world to develop new
drugs and treatments. Serving more than 100,000
patients a year, its facilities include an acute care
hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, a women’s hos-
pital, a children’s hospital, an eating disorders
clinic, a post-traumatic stress disorder clinic for
soldiers and an outpatient clinic. Its research
specialties include cardiology, cancer, brain diseases,
obstetrics and gynecology, genetics and medical
education. Shebaonline.orgThis hospital, with about 15,000 em-
ployees and 1,340 beds, is afɿliated
with the Karolinska Institute, which
was founded in 1810 by King Karl
XIII as a school for military surgeons,
given the alarm about death rates in
army ɿeld hospitals. Today it is one of
the largest and most prestigious med-
ical schools in the world. The facility
incorporates two children’s hospitals
and is known for its specialties in
reproductive medicine, fetal medicine,
surgery, urology and neurosurgery.
It is a member of 18 referral net-
works across Europe concentrating
on rare diseases. Karolinska.seSheba Medical Center
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