RARE 1978 ISRAEL Vintage SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER Old Silver Medal with Box
1965 (Undated) Silver Medal 45.0mm (47.50 grams) 0.925 Silver 1.432 oz. Certification: NGC MS 68 ANTIQUED 2854813-014.
A stylized projection of the Medical Center being erected, with panorama of Jerusalem in the background. Shaare zedek medical center jerusalem 1978, Emblem of the Sha'are Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem.
STATE OF ISRAEL 2924 STERLING 935. Sha'are Zedek Hospital has been associated with the Jewish community in Israel for over a century. It commenced as a clinic inside the old city of Jerusalem, with the help of Jews from Europe. Moshe Wallach's Hospital, the forerunner of Sha'are Zedek, was opened outside the city walls. The hospital kept vigil, guarding the people's health in times of plague, during riots and during intervals of calm. During the War of Independence, throughout the siege of Jerusalem, Sha'are Zedek was often under enemy fire, but its medical work did not stop. During the Six Day War and during the Yom Kippur War, the hospital admitted hundreds of wounded and performed hundreds of operations. In 1978, a State medal was issued in honor of the opening of the new Sha'are Zedek Medical Center. The Shaare Zedek Medical Center (Hebrew:????????????????? , Merkaz Refu'i Sha'arei Tzedek) lit. "Gates of Justice" is a major hospital in Jerusalem established in 1902.Shaare Zedek was the first large hospital to be located in the Western portion of Jerusalem and is today the city's fastest growing hospital and the only major medical facility in the city's center. After the Ottoman Turks gave permission in the 1890s, and with funding from European donors, the hospital was built on Jaffa Road, two miles (3 km) outside the Old City. The design was by German architect Theodor Sandel Its opening ceremony took place on January 27, 1902. Moshe Wallach was the director from then until 1947.
Schwester Selma lived in the hospital and cared for abandoned children. The building in Bayit Vegan was inaugurated in 1980. In December 2012, Shaare Zedek assumed operational control over Bikur Cholim Hospital and merged many of its activities.
The hospital treats over 600,000 patients per year in more than 30 inpatient departments and over 70 outpatient units and maintains a very active academic service as a leading research and teaching institution. Shaare Zedek is classified as a public/private hospital, serving as a non-profit institution and dependent on donor support for capital development, while committed to offering advanced medical care for the wider Jerusalem-area community.