Due to the retirement of many doctors from and the decision by many physicians to switch to other professions or leave the country, there is currently a severe shortage of family physicians and specialists in Israel. As it takes many years of study to become a doctor, universities are pressuring the Council for Higher Education to allow them to open medical schools. There are six medical schools in Israel: ; Tel Aviv University’s School of Medicine; Bar-Ilan University’s Azrieli School of Medicine in Safed; the Goldman Medical School at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba; the Rappaport Faculty of Medicine at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa; and the Dr.
Miriam and Sheldon Adelson School of Medicine at Ariel University in Samaria. The University of Haifa laid the cornerstone for the Herta and Paul Amir School of Medicine on Sunday, with plans to build the school sometime in 2025. Thanks to a NIS 200 million donation by Herta Amir – the largest-ever donor to , together with her late husband, Paul Amir – and NIS 50 million raised so far by the university, the school will be established.
“This is a historic day for the University of Haifa and a gift to the State of Israel and the North in particular. Over the years, our goal, and that of the Amir family, has been to strengthen Israel in general and the north of the country in particular. Another medical school is very important, especially in this challenging time, especially when the ne.