Soroka University Medical Center, a part of the Clalit Health Services Group, is the general hospital of Beersheba, Israel, it serves as the central hospital of the region and provides medical services to approximately one million residents of the South, from Kiryat Gat and Ashkelon to Eilat. Soroka has 1,173 hospital beds, and is spread over 291 dunams in the center of Beer-Sheva.

Clalit,, is the largest of Israel's four state-mandated health service organizations, charged with administering health care services and funding for its members.