Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel

Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel is the largest pediatric hospital in the Middle East. Located in greater Tel-Aviv, it offers a full range of treatments to patients under 18 years of age. The hospital, which was established in 1991, serves about 250,000 patients a year; 7,500 operations and more than 4,000 cardiac catheterization procedures are performed there annually. It employs 1,800 medical staff, many of whom are world-renowned specialists. Schneider has six operating rooms, a cardiac catheterization laboratory, and three intensive care units.

Schneider's Children Hospital has 250 beds, nearly half of which are located in emergency wards (neonatology, intensive care, etc.). There are no private rooms at the facility; all wards have 6-8 beds per room. The Center holds the prestigious JCI accreditation for quality and medical safety with a score of 98.78%.

Schneider Children's Medical Center areas of expertise:

• Certain types of oncological diseases (such as leukemia)
• Endocrinology (i.e. treatment of type 1 diabetes)
• Cardiology
• Neurosurgery
• Organ and bone marrow transplantation
• Neonatology

Things to consider:

The hospital is the only facility in Israel that performs pediatric organ transplants; it is also considered to be the best place for treatment for many other conditions. However, as the Center’s International Department is relatively small, it is unable to process all the direct enquiries it receives in a timely manner, or take care of all the logistics involved in receiving foreign patients. This results in prolonged waiting times and forces patients to make their own arrangements for the trip (at least in part). Contacting a medical tourism provider can significantly expedite matters and alleviate some of the stress related to travelling abroad for treatment.

If you do choose to contact Schneider directly, please carefully check the e-mail address of the person contacting you. As it is a public hospital associated with the Clalit Sick Fund (HMO), addresses belonging to the Center’s International Department’s representatives and any other staff members always end in “@clalit.org.il”.