1899 - Opening of Shaare Zion Hospital in Yaffo, followed by its closure, one year later, due to fierce controversy. 1914 - Laying of the corner stone of Hadassah Hospital on Nahalat Binyamin Street in Tel Aviv. 1918 - Opening of Hadassah Hospital on Nahalat Binyamin Street. 1921 - Victims of the 1920-1921 riots are treated at Hadassah Hospital. 1925 - Laying of the corner stone of Hadassah-Balfour Hospital on Balfour Street.
1926 - Opening of Hadassah-Balfour Hospital, under the management of the Hadassah Medical Organization. 1931 - The Hadassah-Balfour Hospital is now administered and managed by the Tel Aviv-Yaffo Municipality. 1933 - Assassination of Chaim Arlozoroff, Zionist leader and activist. Arlozoroff's body is brought to Hadassah- Balfour after his assassination. 1940 - Italian military planes bomb Tel Aviv, and the injured are brought to Hadassah-Balfour Hospital. 1948-1949 - Israel's War of Independence - war victims are treated at Hadassah-Balfour Hospital. 1951 - Opening of the "Kiryah" Maternity Hospital. 1953 - Construction of Ichilov Hospital continues, after delays caused by funding problems. 1961 - Opening of Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv. 1967 - Transfer of the municipal hospitals, Hadassah-Balfour, Ichilov and the Kiryah, to the joint authority of the municipality and the national government. 1967 - Dedication of the Sheinborn School of Nursing. 1973 - March - Naming of the Hadassah-Balfour Hospital after Y. Rokach, Mayor and former Minister of Internal Affairs. 1973 - June - The Association of Friends of Ichilov Hospital and the municipal and national governments sign an agreement to name the hospital after Elias Sourasky. 1973 - October - Victims of the Yom Kippur War are treated at Sourasky Hospital. 1978 - Victims of the terrorist attack on the coastal road receive treatment in the Hospital. 1980 -
Finance Minister and Health Minister agree to amalgamate the three municipal hospitals into The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. April - Dedication of the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, transfer of the outpatient clinics from Hadar Daphne building to the new facility; dedication of the Ida Sourasky Rehabilitation Center. 1986 - Laying of the corner stone of the "Dana" Children's Hospital; establishment of the Institute for Special Medical Examinations ("Melram"). 1991 -
January - 192 victims of the Gulf War are treated at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center. October - Dedication of "Dana" Children's Hospital. 1992 - Closing of "Rokach" Hospital and transfer of all of its departments to the Medical Center on Weizman Street. 1994 - 240 victims of the terrorist attacks on bus lines 5 and 20, and in the Dizengoff Center, are treated at the Medical Center. March - Establishment of the Trauma Unit and the Unit of Orthopedic Oncology, for nationwide referral.
December - First kidney transplant.
1995 - Assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin - the Prime Minister was brought to the Medical Center for treatment after being shot. January - Opening of the Risk Management Unit.
March - Inauguration of the new Emergency Medicine Department.
April - Establishment of the Advanced Endoscopy Surgical Unit.
1996 - Ceremony naming the Yitzhak Rabin Trauma Center, in the presence of the late King Hussein, acting Prime Minister Shimon Peres and the late Leah Rabin.
1997 -
July - Transfer of the "Kiryah" Maternity Hospital and the opening of the "Lis" Maternity Hospital.
September - Ceremonial laying of the corner stone of the Arison Medical Tower, in the presence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the late Ted Arison, philanthropist and donor. 1998 -
February - Beginning of construction on Hospitalization Tower.
May - Inauguration of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
June - Inauguration of the Internal Medicine H Department
September - Opening of the Shushtiel Emergency Medical Department and the Claridge Israel Emergency Rooms; commencement of construction of the Arison Medical Tower. October - Dedication of the Wohl Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Institute; opening of Institute for Prevention of Heart Disease.
November - Opening of the new Post-Anesthesia Care Unit
1999-
April - Relocation of Blood Bank; Opening of the Department of Advanced Surgery in the Dana Hospital.
August - Relocation of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.
November - Inauguration of the new AIDS Center.
2000 -
January - Opening of the laboratory service center.
February - Opening of the medical community's internet initiative "Health in the Community".
May - Opening of the Clinic for Chronic Exhaustion.
June - Opening of the Clinic for Breast Imaging.
July - Opening of the southern and northern car parks.
2001 -
September - Commencement of the transfer of surgical departments to the Arison Medical Tower.
November - Launch of the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center's web site.
December - Introduction of surgical MRI; opening of the entrance lobby to the hospital and the commercial center 2002 -
January - Relocation of Surgery A and Trauma Unit to the Tower
February - Opening of the Gait and Motion Analysis Laboratory in the "Dana" Children's Hospital.
May - Transfer of Orthopedic Departments A and B to the Tower; installation of the PET-CT machine in the Isotope Institute. December - Opening of the "natural home birth style delivery room" in the "Lis" Maternity Hospital.
2003 -
January - Relocation of Neurology, Neurosurgery, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplants to the Hospitalization Tower.
April - Implementation of the "Tiger" system into general use.
June - Launching of the Telephone Information Center (03-6974000). November - Preparation of the landing pad for first flights bringing in patients. December - Relocation of the General Intensive Care Unit; receipt of two new CT machines for the Imaging division.
2004 -
January - The Radiation Institute receives new wire accelerators, that ensure accuracy and reduce length of treatment.
June - Inauguration of TARGET - a tool to measure the economic efficiency of the hospital's departments. September - Installation of the PACS imaging system; dedication of the new synagogue.
2005 -
January - Opening of the "Avivim" Nursing and Recovery Department. June - Upgrading of the Cardiological network; Relocation of the clinics to new and spacious premises; building two new catheterization laboratories and opening of the new Center for Cardiological Out Patient Care.
September - Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center wins first prize in the "Beautiful Hospital in a Beautiful Israel" competition; inauguration of the entrance gate to the hospital; placement of computerized information boards in the surgical sections that enable real-time follow-up of the patients' status.
December - Dedication of the Haim Hertzog Boulevard at the hospital's entrance; opening of the refurbished and upgraded Radiotherapy Institute. |