Barzilai Medical Center
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 Barzilai Medical Center | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Ha-Histadrut, Ashkelon, Israel |
| Coordinates | 31°39′43″N 34°33′35″E / 31.6619°N 34.5597°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Ministry of Health |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | District General, Teaching |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 617 |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Ashkelon Hospital |
| Opened | July 1961 |
| Links | |
| Website | bmc |
| Lists | Hospitals in Israel |
Barzilai Medical Center (Hebrew: מרכז רפואי ברזילי, Merkaz Refu'i Barzilai; Arabic: مركز برزيلاي الطبي) is a 600-bed district general hospital in Ashkelon, Israel opened in 1961.[1] The hospital serves a population of 500,000, including a large number of Ethiopian and Russian immigrants, and has more than 100,000 admissions annually.
The grounds contain the site of the former Shrine of Husayn's Head, a Shia pilgrimage site before its destruction by the Israeli Defense Forces under Moshe Dayan in 1950.