Where did we come from and where are we going to?
ALYN Hospital was founded in 1932 as a voluntary organization by Dr. Henry Keller, an American orthopedist who dedicated his life to voluntary work amongst the physically challenged children in Jerusalem.
As a result of the polio epidemic in Israel in the 1940s and 1950s and the ensuing emergency situation, the Ministry of Health provided ALYN Hospital with an old monastery belonging to the St. Simon Orthodox Church to be used as a hospital. It was from here that ALYN Hospital provided medical and educational help and supervision to approximately 200 children suffering from polio. However, the monastery building was entirely impractical to house a developing rehabilitation center and in 1971, thanks to the "matching funds" so generously given by Malcolm and Dorothy Woldenberg, the ALYN Woldenberg Family Hospital – a modern hospital and rehabilitation facility in the Kiryat Yovel neighborhood of Jerusalem – was opened.
The Hospital's new location offers patients a wonderful "therapeutic" view of the Jerusalem Forest and the village of Ein Kerem.
Today, with the wide range of services which ALYN offers, the Hospital leads in the field of pediatric and adolescent rehabilitation both in the Middle East and throughout the world. Over the years ALYN Hospital has developed a wealth of expertise in such fields as the treatment of trauma and head injuries from terrorist attacks, road and domestic accidents, neuro-muscular diseases, cerebral palsy, spina bifida, congenital deformities, general pediatric orthopedics, patients needing intermediate ventilation, special feeding management, cancer and burns.
ALYN at the forefront of innovations in the field of pediatric rehabilitation……
ALYN Hospital - accepting patients from all over Israel and abroad, regardless of religion or ethnic origin – offers some of the most advanced medical and paramedical services in the world. The Hospital's professional staff constantly stays abreast of medical innovations and innovative treatment methods.
The Rehabilitation Unit constantly renews its state-of-the-art medical equipment, treatment areas and has a large therapeutic pool for hydrotherapy treatments and baby swimming groups.
In the last few years ALYN'S outreach services have been expanded to include the Center for Enhanced Function which provides educational, developmental and behavioral solutions for many children and the Safe Transportation Project for Children with Special Needs – the first outreach information project of its kind in Israel dealing with the correct way of transporting physically challenged children.
The first stage of ALYN'S new Sports and Leisure Center "MASLUL" has recently been opened, housing a gym – the first of its kind in Jerusalem – where children can exercise on state-of-the-art children's workout equipment under the professional guidance of specially trained (Wingate graduates) youth instructors.
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