Israel’s MedTech and health innovation landscape: Part one – Technology & emergency responsiveness

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At the beginning of the year, this editor was invited to take part in a life sciences-specific tour organised by The Jerusalem Press Club, providing unique insight into current innovation and investment in the country: a determined attempt to exhibit the ongoing efforts behind the scenes to create better outcomes for patients – globally – despite ongoing turbulence in terms of its geopolitical climate; and despite a testing time in the spotlight of the world stage and public opinion.

This series of articles – Israel’s MedTech and health innovation landscape: From Tel Aviv to Jerusalem – will seek to share a taste of those insights gleaned during that five-day press trip. It is hoped that some small part of the truly inspiring science and resilience of these Israel-based innovators will be imparted to and spark the interest of readers.

Part One focuses on recent technological innovation in emergency responsiveness and its implementation in the health ecosystem, as seen at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Ichilov, as well as the Magen David Adom blood and milk bank, otherwise known as the Marcus National Blood Services Center. Subsequent articles will focus on start-up hubs, academic-industry collaborations, and venture capital opportunities, in Israel, in partnership with the US, and wider afield internationally.

Emergency medicine in action: Lessons from the trauma helipad

Dr Eyal Hashavia, director of trauma services at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center – the largest acute care facility in Israel – is a beacon of energetic preparedness for all eventualities.

A 1,500-bed, world-class governmental academic medical centre, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center serves a population of one million people, including both residents from the greater Tel Aviv area and visitors to the metropolis. In 2022, the number of severely injured trauma patients admitted to the hospital was around 2,200 a year; by 2025, following the Twelve-Day War with Iran, that…

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