Misgav Ladach

{{Infobox hospital | name = Misgav Ladach | org_group = [[Kupat Holim Meuhedet]] | logo = | logo_size = | image = Misgav Ladach Hospital.jpg | image_size = 225 | alt = | caption = Misgav Ladach hospital, Jerusalem | coordinates =  | location = [[Jerusalem]] | region = | state = | country = | healthcare =  | funding = | type = General | religious_affiliation = Jewish | affiliation = | patron = | network = | standards = | emergency = | beds = | speciality = | helipad = | h1-number = | h1-length-f = | h1-length-m = | h1-surface =  | former_names = | constructed = | opened = 1854 | closed = | demolished = | website =  | other_links = | module = }} '''Misgav Ladach''' ({{langx|he|מִשְׂגָּב לַדָּךְ}}) is a Jewish [[hospital]] in [[Katamon]], [[Jerusalem]] that belongs to [[Kupat Holim Meuhedet]], Israel's third largest health insurance organisation.

==Etymology== The name of the hospital, literally "refuge for the suffering," derives from [[Psalms]] 9:10.<ref name="streets">{{cite book |author=Ronald L. Eisenberg |title=The streets of Jerusalem: who, what, why |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yqXXD_74yAEC&pg=PA259 |date=October 2006 |publisher=Devora Publishing |isbn=978-1-932687-54-5 |pages=259–}}</ref>

==History== [[File:Misgav Ladach 1915.jpg|thumb|right|Misgav Ladach's original premises, 1915]] Misgav Ladach hospital was established in 1854 in the [[Old City (Jerusalem)|Old City]] of Jerusalem, funded by the French [[Rothschild family]]. The hospital, founded to enable the Jews to be independent of Christian missionary hospitals,<ref name="streets" /> served the city's Jewish population in this location until the Israeli [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]] in 1948, when the Jordanian army conquered the [[Jewish Quarter (Jerusalem)|Jewish Quarter]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=James Finn |author-link1=James Finn |author2=Elizabeth Anne McCaul Finn |author-link2=Elizabeth Anne McCaul Finn|author3=Arnold Blumberg|author-link3=Arnold Blumberg |title=A view from Jerusalem, 1849–1858: the consular diary of James and Elizabeth Anne Finn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXGf39q2UDYC&pg=PA180 |date=January 1980 |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |isbn=978-0-8386-2271-1 |pages=180–}}</ref> The hospital reopened in [[Katamon]] in western Jerusalem, where it operated for 40 years as a maternity hospital.<ref name="streets" /> After moving into new premises, a 6,700-sq.m., three-story building on Hizkiyahu Hamelech Street, the non-profit Sephardi organization that owned it went bankrupt.<ref>[http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=533220 Shapira family, partners offer $10 mln for Misgav Ladach]</ref> The building was purchased by Kupat Holim Meuhedet, renovated and reopened in 2005.<ref>[http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1227702391473&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull Misgav Ladach operating rooms shut down]{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In 2022, Meuhedet announced the hospital will be renovated and turned over to its subsidiary management company Medica.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-28 |title=בעשרות מיליוני שקלים: מתיחת הפנים בבית חולים הותיק בירושלים {{!}} כל העיר |url=https://www.kolhair.co.il/jerusalem-news/184830/ |access-date=2022-08-21 |website=כל העיר ירושלים |language=he}}</ref>

==Medical innovations==

===Misgav Ladach method=== The Misgav Ladach method for [[Cesarean section]] was developed by Michael Stark based on the [[Joel-Cohen incision]] originally introduced for [[hysterectomy]].<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Holmgren G, Sjöholm L, Stark M |title=The Misgav Ladach method for cesarean section: method description |journal=Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand |volume=78 |issue=7 |pages=615–21 |date=August 1999 |pmid=10422908 |doi=10.1034/j.1600-0412.1999.780709.x|s2cid=25845500 }}</ref> The technique was first introduced at Misgav Ladach and is now being used in medical centers around the world. The Misgav Ladach method eliminates many conventional steps, resulting in a quicker birth, less trauma for the mother and more rapid recovery. There is less need for painkillers and antibiotics, less scarring, less bleeding and less need for anaesthesia. Risk of exposure to HIV is minimized and the speed of the operation saves operating room and staff time.<ref>[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Mashav%20%E2%80%93%20International%20Development/Publications/1999/Follow-up-%20Misgav%20Ladach%20Birthing%20Method%20-%20A%20Worki Misgav Ladach Birthing Method: A Working Visit to Vietnam and Laos]</ref>

===Natural childbirth=== In the 1980s and early 1990s, Misgav Ladach was known for its personalized approach to [[childbirth]]. The hospital was an early supporter of [[natural childbirth]] techniques and the presence of fathers in the delivery room.<ref>{{cite book |author=Susan Starr Sered |title=What makes women sick?: maternity, modesty, and militarism in Israeli society |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EuZyc0w7t9YC&pg=PA42 |year=2000 |publisher=UPNE |isbn=978-1-58465-050-8 |pages=42–}}</ref>

==Medical directors== *Maccabi Salzberger *Michael Stark<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030424082221/http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/go.asp?MFAH022e0 Michael Stark's C-section method]</ref>

==See also== {{Commons category|Misgav Ladakh Hospital}} *[[Health in Israel]] *[[Science and technology in Israel]]

==References== {{Reflist|33em}}

[[Category:Hospitals in Jerusalem]] [[Category:Katamon]] [[Category:Jewish Quarter (Jerusalem)]]