Organ donation

GWR resumes accepting submissions from Israel, to recognize record of Israeli kidney donation org

This also marks the first Israeli record since the Guinness World Records resumed accepting submissions from Israel on January 15.

The Israeli voluntary kidney donation organization Matnat Chaim set a new world record for the largest gathering of organ donors in history, marking the achievement with an event on Monday night.
Yuval Cohen

Family of Israeli killed in Thailand announces organ donations, saving four lives

THE TEAM OF surgeons at Rabin Medical Center during the small intestine transplant surgery on Daniel Haim Biton.

New intestinal transplant procedure will allow patient to truly eat for the first time in 17 years

Gal Alush, widow of Dani z"l.

Beyond the headlines: Kidney donation record shows we all have something to give - opinion


New Israeli kidney donations record

Twelve patients in some 24 operating rooms in various hospitals across the country, received their new kidneys owning to an effort made by Matnat Chaim.

Kidney transplant operation at Rambam Hospital in Haifa

The Israeli who never gets off at Ben-Gurion Airport

Zrihan, 47, has been volunteering for 20 years as an organ courier, mostly transporting bone marrow to patients across the globe

Mishel Zrian

Deadly ageism in Israel – opinion

As of January there were 857 people waiting in Israel for a kidney. I am one of them

Elderly people queue up for free surgical masks from a convenience store, following the outbreak of a new coronavirus, in Hong Kong, China February 7, 2020.

Organ donor families and transplant receivers gather for Hanukkah

Each family brought a hanukkiah and a picture of a deceased family member who donated their organs when they died.

Families of organ donors gather at the National Transplant Center on the second night of Hanukkah.

For the first time in Israel, rabbi donates two organs to two people

Rabbi Elad Gadot made two organ donations in the span of 13 years, becoming the first multi-organ donor in Israel.

The Rabin Medical Center - Beilinson Campus in Petah Tikva

The human spirit: #684

Now the numbers themselves are part of the story, changing how Israel is perceived.

(LEFT TO right) Dr. Samir Abu- Gazala; recipient Miles Hartog (in bed); donor Dr. Moshe Halberstam; and Dr Abed Khalaila.

Regenerative medicine firm CollPlant launches Israel R&D center

The facilities will serve CollPlant for development of its products, including BioInks for 3D bioprinting of tissues and organs, and dermal fillers for medical aesthetics.

HEALTH & SCIENCE

Rare double-organ transplant conducted at Israeli children's hospital

In addition to the difficulty involved within a double-organ transplant, doctors also said that they found the donor's internal organs in "reverse order" from normal positioning.

Hilde Amram together with Dr. Orit Visbor

Nechama Rivlin stable after further hospital procedures

Nechama Rivlin has been suffering from pulmonary fibrosis for several years.

President Reuven Rivlin and his wife, Nechama, spend quality time with a puppy

New Jersey rabbi gave kidney to a stranger, now donates liver

The two men met for the first time shortly before they were taken to surgery in adjoining operating rooms.

Rabbi Ephraim Simon