EL AL’s Atmosphere magazine recently featured an article about Reuth TLV Rehabilitation Hospital. It shares the story of an IDF soldier treated at the hospital’s Sha’arim Trauma Rehabilitation Center, highlights the hospital’s ongoing work, and presents the vision for a new, state-of-the-art rehabilitation campus—the largest of its kind in Israel—currently being developed by the Reuth Association.
From the article: “Each year, Reuth TLV Rehabilitation Hospital helps thousands of Israelis regain optimal function and quality of life. Its rehabilitation process involves a multidisciplinary team providing complete care to patients and families, including specialists in rehabilitation medicine, nursing, allied health therapies, mental health, and social work. Their shared mission: to restore independence and hope.
“Since October 7th, Israel’s healthcare system has faced an unprecedented challenge: thousands of people wounded in body and soul, with needs and hardships on a scale the country has never seen before. These figures reveal a national emergency: in today’s Israel, rehabilitation is a vital lifeline. For decades, Israel has excelled in saving lives. Its trauma units, surgeons and emergency teams are among the best in the world. But survival is only the first step. Without rehabilitation – physical and emotional – many cannot return to functional independence or chronic illness.
“Alongside this, a new generation of young soldiers and civilians – injured on October 7th and the subsequent war -require long and intensive physical and psychological rehabilitation.
“In response to these challenges, Reuth is now planning a new rehabilitation campus, which will be the largest of its kind in Israel. The hospital is slated for construction near the Tel Aviv seafront, at the former site of the Sde Dov airport, and is expected to open by 2032. The vision is transformative: expanded inpatient and day hospital services, advanced clinics, a trauma center, hydrotherapy, sports medicine, imaging, and an innovation and research hub. This new campus will establish Reuth as a national center of excellence in rehabilitation, a place where patients like A, and 10,000 more, take step after step on their journey to rebuild life”.
