The Nazareth Hospital EMMS is one of the oldest hospitals in the Middle East, and the largest in Nazareth. The hospital is run by the Nazareth Trust and makes up one of the four areas of the Trust’s work in Israel. You can read more about the Nazareth Trust and it’s wider work here.
The hospital started its mission in Nazareth 156 years ago by Dr. Vartan, and gradually expanded. The hospital serves the population of Nazareth and the surrounding area. You can read more about the long and vibrant history of the Nazareth Hospital EMMS and the Nazareth Trust here.
Today it is a general hospital with Nazareth’s main Emergency Room that works 24/7, ICU, a recently refurbished Cath Lab, Orthopaedic Surgical department, General Surgical department, Pediatric surgical unit, Urology Unit and Esthetic Clinic. It also has a Medical department with its services: Tuberculosis and Cardiac clinics. The hospital also has a Dialysis unit, Psychiatry Department (the only Arab one), Delivery rooms, a unique Neonate unit, Gastrology unit, X-ray department and other medical clinics that serve tens of thousands of patients every year.
The hospital is affiliated with Bar-Ilan University and is committed to the development of medical education and research. Each year the hospital has many students of medicine, nursing and other medical fields from universities and colleges from Israel and around the world.
The hospital and its staff are led by Medical Director Dr. Fahed Hakim, a paediatric specialist. It is one of the area’s biggest employers and seeks to serve all the people in the area, with the highest scientific and medical standards.