Each and every day, thousands of visitors stream through the corridors of Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center. On a recent day, the hospital had the privilege to host a tour with Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, slated to become the President of the United Nations Security Council. The visit was part of an extensive fact-finding tour of Israel arranged by Larry Magid, a member of the American Committee for Shaare Zedek National Board of Directors. The Presidency is a rotating position and Dr. Rugunda will be accepting it in his capacity as Ambassador to the UN from Uganda.
Left to right: Millie Magid, Jocelyn Rugunda, Larry Magid, American Committee board member, Prof. Jonathan Halevy, Director General, Ambassador Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Uganda to the United Nations.
The Ambassador is himself a neonatologist by profession, despite having been away from the healthcare profession for some years. He expressed particular amazement at the level of activity in Shaare Zedek’s maternity departments and in its neonatal intensive care unit and amazed at the high ratio of patients to caregivers, particularly in that Unit. Deputy Director of the Department of Resource Development and Public Affairs, Marla Haruni, who led the tour said that the Ambassador took particular interest in discussions about Israel’s public health system.
Meeting with Shaare Zedek’s Director General, Professor Jonathan Halevy, the conversation focused on a possible role the hospital could play in aid projects in Africa. Professor Halevy described in depth the role Shaare Zedek physicans have played in various aid projects, and in particular in the rescue efforts in Haiti.
Dr. Ruganda expressed his admiration for how the hospital served as a bastion of coexistence and political hope in a region typically defined by tension and insecurity. In Ms. Haruni’s tour special attention was given to how Shaare Zedek treats patients from the Arab community.
“We are very appreciative to Larry for setting up this visit. We are confident that it exposed an important international diplomat to the leading position that Shaare Zedek plays in providing top quality healthcare both here in Jerusalem and even far beyond Israel’s borders,” Ms. Haruni said. “I was proud to show the Ambassador that a hospital is an equalizer where everyone confronts vulnerability, and perhaps the global village can take some lessons from this model of our little Shaare Zedek."
Each and every day, thousands of visitors stream through the corridors of Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center. On a recent day, the hospital had the privilege to host a tour with Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, slated to become the President of the United Nations Security Council. The visit was part of an extensive fact-finding tour of Israel arranged by Larry Magid, a member of the American Committee for Shaare Zedek National Board of Directors. The Presidency is a rotating position and Dr. Rugunda will be accepting it in his capacity as Ambassador to the UN from Uganda.
Left to right: Millie Magid, Jocelyn Rugunda, Larry Magid, American Committee board member, Prof. Jonathan Halevy, Director General, Ambassador Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Uganda to the United Nations.
The Ambassador is himself a neonatologist by profession, despite having been away from the healthcare profession for some years. He expressed particular amazement at the level of activity in Shaare Zedek’s maternity departments and in its neonatal intensive care unit and amazed at the high ratio of patients to caregivers, particularly in that Unit. Deputy Director of the Department of Resource Development and Public Affairs, Marla Haruni, who led the tour said that the Ambassador took particular interest in discussions about Israel’s public health system.
Meeting with Shaare Zedek’s Director General, Professor Jonathan Halevy, the conversation focused on a possible role the hospital could play in aid projects in Africa. Professor Halevy described in depth the role Shaare Zedek physicans have played in various aid projects, and in particular in the rescue efforts in Haiti.
Dr. Ruganda expressed his admiration for how the hospital served as a bastion of coexistence and political hope in a region typically defined by tension and insecurity. In Ms. Haruni’s tour special attention was given to how Shaare Zedek treats patients from the Arab community.
“We are very appreciative to Larry for setting up this visit. We are confident that it exposed an important international diplomat to the leading position that Shaare Zedek plays in providing top quality healthcare both here in Jerusalem and even far beyond Israel’s borders,” Ms. Haruni said. “I was proud to show the Ambassador that a hospital is an equalizer where everyone confronts vulnerability, and perhaps the global village can take some lessons from this model of our little Shaare Zedek."