Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer has been ranked one of the world's 10 best hospitals by Newsweek magazine. The Israeli medical center comes in at No. 10 on the magazine's list.
The famed Minnesota-based Mayo Clinic received the top ranking.
Other hospitals on the list include Singapore General Hospital, Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Berlin's Charité hospital, Toronto General Hospital, University of Tokyo Hospital and Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland.
In its report, Newsweek called the medical center in Ramat Gan "a leader in medical science and biotechnical innovation, both in the Middle East and worldwide" and noted it "includes centers for nearly all medical divisions and specialties and serves over 1 million patients per year."
According to the magazine, 25% of all clinical research performed in Israel is carried out at Tel HaShomer's state-of-the-art facilities.
In a statement, Tel HaShomer said the hospital's ranking was "the product of 70 years of excellence, professionalism and innovation and thanks to the thousands of dedicated Sheba employees, both past and present.
"As a state hospital, we will continue to be here in order to provide the best medical treatment for all those who need it and stretch the boundaries of what is possible, to challenge and be challenged and place the State of Israel in a respectable place on the global health map."
Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman lauded the medical center's achievement as "a certificate of honor"for the hospital and for the Israeli health care system as a whole. He noted that Sheba Medical Center had attained the "honorable achievement" under the leadership of hospital director Dr. Yitzhak Kreiss.
