Yoseftal Medical Center

Yoseftal Medical Center (Hebrew: הַמֶּרְכָּז הָרְפוּאִי יוֹסֵפְטַל) is a hospital in Eilat, Israel.

It is Israel's smallest general hospital with 65 beds.

[1] In addition, it has a fully equipped recompression chamber for treating diving accidents.

[2] The hospital also has kidney dialysis facilities open to vacationers and local residents.

[3] Economic problems led to proposals for the hospital's closure; however, after protests from area residents and local government officials, who argued that not having a hospital within a 3-hour radius would be highly dangerous, it was decided to keep the hospital open.