Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Laniado Hospital?

Laniado is the only hospital in Netanya, serving the largest catchment area in the Sharon region (northern part of Israel). It serves the over 450,000 residents of Netanya and all the surrounding cities. It is located in the northern part of Netanya on the coast.

How much has Laniado grown since it opened in 1974?

It originally had 28 beds, there are now 450 in addition to a hydrotherapy pool, rooftop greenhouse for gardening therapy, a comprehensive mother and baby maternity centre delivering over 700 babies a month, and a multi-disciplinary Diabetic Clinic to serve the country and beyond. There is also a children’s hospital with a dedicated emergency and trauma unit. To date, Laniado Hospital’s campus is comprised of 22 acres 94,000 square feet.

What is the occupancy rate?

Over 100 percent and rising.

What is being planned for Laniado?

Getting more beds is an obvious priority, our goal is to serve the community with 600 beds on a per capita basis as required. Other plans include a £7m Emergency and Trauma Centre and a £12.5m Women’s Oncology Centre, which will be the biggest in Israel.

Anything else to boast about?

In 2002, Laniado invented the cure for the global plague of West Nile Virus. In 2000, the head of Paediatric Pulmonary Care was despatched to Turkey, to tend to child victims of the earthquake. Laniado is currently developing treatments for Parkinson’s disease, that using bone marrow instead of often-controversial stem cell methods.

Why doesn’t Laniado receive funding from the Israeli Government?

Laniado Hospital is a non-profit hospital that runs an annual budget of $75m per annum. It receives no government funding for development, new equipment or research and depends upon the generosity of its donors to provide the highest level of medical care for the close to 450,000 people in the region.

Every person in Israel receives a ‘basket’ of medical coverage from the government (Kupat Cholim) to a limit of 2-3,000 NIS, which is basic coverage for typical treatment. Should any patient require any further medications, need advanced equipment or therapy, they would have to pay privately.

Every hospital in Israel negotiates with the Israeli government to provide basic needs for the hospital based on a standardised requirement list. Laniado continues to lobby the government for special projects and for more funding to cover events such as a suicide bombing. If the hospital wants to purchase a particular item, hire more staff, improve services, and employ medical experts.

No patient is ever turned away because of inability to pay. That is one of the hallmarks of Laniado’s philosophy and operations.