Misgav Ladach

Misgav Ladach (Hebrew: מִשְׂגָּב לַדָּךְ) is a Jewish hospital in Katamon, Jerusalem that belongs to Kupat Holim Meuhedet, Israel's third largest health insurance organisation.

[1] Misgav Ladach hospital was established in 1854 in the Old City of Jerusalem, funded by the French Rothschild family.

[1] After moving into new premises, a 6,700-sq.m., three-story building on Hizkiyahu Hamelech Street, the non-profit Sephardi organization that owned it went bankrupt.

[5] The Misgav Ladach method for Cesarean section was developed by Michael Stark based on the Joel-Cohen incision originally introduced for hysterectomy.

The Misgav Ladach method eliminates many conventional steps, resulting in a quicker birth, less trauma for the mother and more rapid recovery.

Misgav Ladach's original premises, 1915