NEW PEDIATRIC SURGERY DEPARTMENT

The Pediatric Surgery Department of Bnai Zion Medical Center has 17 beds, admits over 1,625 children annually and performs 2,400 surgeries per year (about 6 per day!). These include ophthalmological, orthopedic, otolaryngological, plastic and urological surgeries.  A multimedia classroom, whose online network is connected to teachers that tutor children with the material they have missed in class, allows the young patients to keep up with their schoolwork. The Pediatric Surgery Department lacks adequate hospitalization facilities; funding for improvement is urgently required.