As Israel faces ongoing rocket attacks, Laniado Hospital in Netanya has already moved into full emergency preparedness mode.

Patients have been relocated into protected areas, including underground parking and storage facilities that have been rapidly converted into temporary treatment wards. Corridors and improvised spaces are now being used to ensure that lifesaving care can continue even if the hospital comes under direct threat.

Outpatient services, including MRI scans and routine treatments, have been suspended so that staff can focus entirely on urgent and life-threatening cases. Doctors and nurses are working around the clock to ensure the hospital is ready to respond to a major emergency affecting the Sharon region, where hundreds of thousands of residents rely on Laniado as their primary trauma and emergency hospital.

This is not a theoretical exercise; it is happening now.

The devastating missile strike on Soroka Medical Centre in Beersheba last year proved that no hospital in Israel is beyond reach. Just days ago, a missile strike landed only a few kilometres from Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv , a stark reminder that hospitals themselves can become part of the emergency at any moment.

Laniado’s emergency plans, shaped by decades of experience including the Passover terror attack at the Park Hotel, have once again been activated. Staff have prepared for mass casualty scenarios, protected treatment areas have been established, and non-essential admissions have been postponed to ensure capacity for those who need urgent care.

When a major emergency strikes the Sharon region, Laniado must be able to treat large numbers of patients safely and without interruption.

That is why Laniado is building a new Sheltered Emergency Department, scheduled for completion in 2029, a fully protected underground facility that will allow medical teams to continue treating patients even during missile attacks.

The new Emergency Department will be more than four times the size of the existing unit and will provide 4,000 square metres of protected medical space, including a trauma centre, imaging facilities, triage areas and 58 patient beds.

Today’s emergency department is only 900 square metres, with just 3 triage beds and 30 patient beds and a small shelter that cannot fit all the staff and patients.

Right now, staff are doing everything possible with the facilities available but they need the right protection to do their job safely.

You can help build the protected Emergency Department that will allow Laniado to continue saving lives — even under fire.

Friend – £18 per month
Builder – £50 per month
Sponsor – £150 per month
Partner – £300 per month

A one of donation is also appreciated. Please donate here.

Your support will help ensure that if there is a major emergency strikes in the Sharon region, Laniado will be ready.