ISRAEL. – 18th November 2008 – The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre, one of the largest hospitals in Israel, has recently been able to purchase urgently required medical equipment following a donation from the Bonita Trust.
With over 1100 beds, the Medical Centre is the city-hospital for Tel Aviv and is the national referral centre for several specialities, including trauma, adult neurosurgery, pediatric neurosurgery, orthopedic oncology, surgical oncology, kidney-pancreas and liver transplants, and microsurgery on the nervous system. The Medical Center offers unique treatments, not covered by the national health insurance programme, providing an much needed healthcare to the surrounding communities.
Commenting on the donation, Professor Gabi Barbash stated “Equipment such as the Echo-Cardiogram is crucial to fast and effective diagnosis. We are grateful and thankful to the members of the Bonita Trust for their cooperation and support.”
The Bonita Trust’s support for the medical centre forms part of a broader programme of community-focused philanthropic activity in a number of countries around the world, and fits well with the Trust’s central theme of facilitating health improvement. Outlining the Trust’s support for the medical centre, Ruth Parasol DeLeon said, “Bonita’s work with the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre clearly demonstrates the Trust’s commitment to both expanding and developing Bonita’s philanthropic activity in Israel. We are delighted that Bonita’s donation will bring tangible benefits to this invaluable hospital and the communities it serves.”
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About The Bonita Trust
The Bonita Trust was founded in 2004, under Gibraltar law, as an independent philanthropic trust by a subsidiary of PartyGaming Plc., whose then principals were Ruth Parasol DeLeon, Anurag Dikshit, Vikrant Bhargava, and Russ DeLeon prior to the company’s London Stock Exchange flotation in June 2005. Bonita was created to give back to the communities in which they, the company, and its staff live and work, past and present.
Bonita focuses the majority of its grant-making in five geographies: the United Kingdom, India, Israel, Bulgaria and Gibraltar and is also interested in answering some of the key global challenges facing society.
Most recently, Bonita was recognised by the Gibraltar Heritage Trust which awarded Bonita the Group Heritage Award in recognition of the contributions made towards the protection of Gibraltar’s heritage. Bonita has also supported health and education projects in Gibraltar, India, and Israel and will continue to expand its grant-making in coming years.
As an independent philanthropic trust, Bonita is managed by a professional Trustee, who is advised by the International Advisory Board.
More information on Bonita and some details of its work to date can be found at: www.bonitatrust.org
The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre
The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre is one of the largest hospitals in the Israel, and has the major task of serving the 360,000 inhabitants of Tel Aviv, in addition to the more than one million people who enter the city every day for work and pleasure.
The Centre is spread out over an area of 150,000 m2 and incorporates three hospitals: Ichilov General Hospital and Ida Sourasky Rehabilitation Center, Lis Maternity Hospital, and Dana Children’s Hospital; and also serves as a teaching and research centre affiliated with the Sackler Medical School and Tel Aviv University’s Sheinborn Nursing School. In addition to services provided by the hospitals, the Institute for Special Medical Examinations (“Malram”), within the framework of some 30 clinics, offers unique treatments that are not covered by the national health insurance program.
