Bringing Awareness to a dire need at Laniado Hospital, Netanya, Israel;

fulfilling a strategic role in a volatile region About Laniado Hospital Laniado Hospital, located in Netanya, a city on the coast between Tel Aviv and Haifa, is

the only hospital medical center providing care for the 500,000 residents of Netanya and its surrounding areas. Laniado Hospital, an important medical center for the Sharon region with over 600

births per month, 73,000 Emergency Room Referrals and 186,000 hospital admissions per year.

“…while there are at least ten MRI facilities within a fifteen minute drive from Wilshire Boulevard here in Los Angeles there is no MRI at all in the city of Netanya and Laniado Hospital, an intolerable situation under the circumstances in Israel today”, says Joe Kornwasser, Senior Member of the Board of Governors of the West Coast Friends of Laniado Hospital. Patients must travel to Haifa or Tel Aviv, an hour drive to undergo an examination; this takes place only after being on a waiting list of four months.

Laniado Hospital located in Netanya, the

narrowest geographical area of Israel,

acquired under unfortunate circumstances world-class expertise in management of mass casualty events, treating over a thousand injured during the Intifada.

The planned underground and missile safe site of The MRI Diagnostic Center at Laniado Hospital, to be built according to IDF guidelines; a concrete reinforcement process has already begun.

A MRI at Laniado will treat and care for 7,500 patients a year, to be diagnosed in their vicinity and in life threatening situations.

“Partner with us to make this project a reality”

EVERY patient matters. EVERY minute counts.

LANIADO WEST COAST FRIENDS

SANZ MEDICAL CENTER

www.wcf-laniado.org West Coast Friends of Sanz Medical Center Laniado Hospital 9171 Wilshire Blvd Suite 600, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 [email protected]