Soroka Medical Center

Soroka Medical Center
Clalit Health Services
Soroka Medical Center, Beersheba
Map
Geography
LocationBeersheba, Negev, Israel
Coordinates31°15′32″N 34°48′05″E / 31.25889°N 34.80139°E / 31.25889; 34.80139
Organisation
Care systemPublic hospital
TypeTeaching hospital
Affiliated universityBen Gurion University
Services
StandardsTertiary care
Emergency departmentLevel I Trauma Center
Beds1,191[1]
History
Opened1959
Links
Websitewww.soroka.org

Soroka University Medical Center (Hebrew: המרכז הרפואי סורוקה, HaMerkaz HaRefu'i Soroka), a part of the Clalit Health Services Group, is the general hospital of Beersheba, Israel, it serves as the central hospital of the region and provides medical services to approximately one million residents of the South, from Kiryat Gat and Ashkelon to Eilat. Soroka has 1,191 hospital beds,[1] and is spread over 291 dunams (0.291 km2; 0.112 sq mi) in the center of Beer-Sheva.

Soroka provides medical care to communities in the region, including Negev Bedouins. It is a teaching hospital affiliated with the faculty of Health Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, whose campus is adjacent to the hospital.

During times of combat in the South (such as Operation Protective Edge and Swords of Iron war), Soroka Medical Center provides service to the injured. The emergency events are managed by a dedicated staff at the hospital in cooperation with many bodies: the IDF, the Israel Police, Magen David Adom, the Home Front Command, other hospitals, and more.

  1. ^ a b "Table 10: Listed Hospitalization Beds by Institution and Department – General Hospitalization Institutions". מיטות אשפוז ועמדות ברישוי [Hospitalization Beds and Licensing Counters] (PDF) (Report) (in Hebrew). Israel Ministry of Health. January 2021. p. 26. Retrieved November 9, 2020.