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    The Valda Knight Memorial Scholarship has been established in Memory of Valda Knight who was President of Hadassah International in New Zealand from 1996 until her untimely death in 2007. In those 11 years Valda lead a small Hadassah committee in New Zealand, placing this country strongly in the world net work of Hadassah.
    1-Aug-2011
    Dr Ronald Ma of Auckland and Dr Benjamin Sedley of Wellington are the 2009 winners of the inaugural Valda Knight Memorial Scholarship. Established in memory of Valda Knight who was President of Hadassah International New Zealand from 1996 until 2007, the purpose of the Valda Knight Memorial Scholarship is to provide New Zealand health sector workers with an opportunity for professional development and comparative study at one of the world’s leading research and teaching hospitals. Through their applications, both winners boasted outstanding credentials and a strong ability to enrich their health and medical experience in New Zealand via a scholarship Award.
    30-Jun-2011
    On the evening of June 15 2011 the Greys Avenue Synagogue in Auckland, New Zealand was adorned with tea lights and flowers for a unique musical event. A baby grand piano was positioned in front of the Ark, a spotlight on the podium and green ivy decked the bimah. There was a feeling of anticipation that a unique musical evening was about to take place featuring a very talented, charismatic and engaging world famous tenor. Hadassah International New Zealand was proud to be hosting a concert starring Cantor Shmuel Barzilai, the Chief Cantor of the Great Synagogue in Vienna. Guests were greeted at the entrance to the synagogue with wine and a programme outlining the fundraising concert for Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel.
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    18-Feb-2012
    For the first time in Jerusalem, twin fetuses that shared a blood vessel were successfully separated by Hadassah University Medical Center specialists
    18-Feb-2012
    “This may represent the biggest hope in the field of degenerative diseases like ALS," Prof. Dimitrios Karussis, head of the Hadassah University Medical Center’s Multiple Sclerosis Center, said about the clinical trial just completed at Hadassah where stem cells were used to treat Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
    18-Feb-2012
    Designed and outfitted to meet the challenges of cutting-edge surgery today and the surgical changes of the decades to come, the 20 ultra-modern operating rooms in the Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower will all be on one floor, four floors underground, with the safeguards to handle biological or chemical attacks.