The intensive care unit admits patients from around the country and the special center for child development operates in liaison with the pediatric departments and peripheral well-baby clinics. Important new areas of medicine have been further developed - today both kidney and pancreas transplantations are carried out in the new Transplantation Unit, established in 1995. This 610-bed general government hospital is located in the city of Holon, three miles south of Tel Aviv. It serves 400,000 people in the area of Holon, Jaffa and Bat Yam. The hospital provides modern, comprehensive medical and surgical services in more than 45 specialties.
Several units are referral centers.
Its institute of Physiological Hygiene is a major rehabilitation center for coronary patients as well as a major lipid research center. This 300-bed facility is the only autonomous rehablitation center in Israel. The hospital covers the entire spectrum of rehabilitative medicine. Services range from pediatric therapy programs to the rehabilitation of stroke, spinal cord diseases, head injuries and amputee patients. A center for vocational rehabilitation offers job retraining for disabled veterans and accident victims.