Northern Medical Center, formerly Baruch Padeh Medical Center[2] (Hebrew: בית חולים ברוך פדה, Beit Holim Barukh Padeh), generally known as Poriya Hospital, is a rural general hospital located just south of Tiberias, in the Galilee region of Israel.
It is affiliated with the Safed-based Azrieli Medical Faculty [he] of Bar Ilan University.
[4] The center incorporates a maternity hospital owned by the Scottish Church that was previously located in Tiberias.
[4] In 2005, the center was renamed for Prof. Baruch Padeh [he], former director-general of the Ministry of Health, who headed the hospital in 1974–1976.
[4] In 2022, with its expansion and upgrading as a major hospital, it was branded as the "Northern Medical Center."