RAQs - Rarely Asked Questions

These questions are all-too-rarely asked, so we will pose them and answer them so you can get an idea of just how remarkable Laniado is.

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 500,000 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 400. There is now a hydrotherapy pool, rooftop greenhouse for gardening therapy, and a 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?
250 percent and rising.

What is being planned for Laniado?
Getting more beds is an obvious priority. Other plans include a £2.3 million emergency and trauma centre and a £12.5 million oncology centre.
    
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 500,000 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, employ medical experts,