Laniado Hospital, also known as the Sanz Medical Center, is a voluntary, not-for-profit hospital in Kiryat Sanz, Netanya, Israel, serving a regional population of over 450,000 in Netanya and the Sharon plain. Opened in 1975 by Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, the first Klausenburger Rebbe, Laniado Hospital is run according to Jewish law and is known as the only hospital in Israel which has never closed due to a strike. It is administered by the Sanz-Klausenburg Hasidic dynasty under the direction of the present Sanz-Klausenburger Rebbe in israel, Rabbi Zvi Elimelech Halberstam.
The hospital's maternity wing
Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, founder of Laniado Hospital.
View of the dais at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for Laniado Hospital in 1974. Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam is seen at center left; his son, Rabbi Zvi Elimelech Halberstam (with glasses) is seated to his left.
The hospital in 2007
Kiryat Sanz is a Haredi neighborhood located at the northwestern end of Netanya, Israel. Founded in 1956 by the previous Klausenburger Rebbe, Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, who established his court here in 1960, Kiryat Sanz is the world center for Sanz-Klausenburg Hasidism. The Rebbe's son and successor, Rabbi Zvi Elimelech Halberstam, known as the Sanzer Rebbe, holds his court here.
View of the dais at the cornerstone-laying ceremony for Laniado Hospital in 1974. Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam is seen at center left; his eldest son, Rabbi Zvi Elimelech Halberstam (with glasses) is seated to his left.
Laniado Hospital maternity wing.
