Nuseir YassinCEO, Nas Company · CEO at Nas Company

I went to an Israeli hospital.

1 Jul 2026 · 3 min

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In this video, Nuseir Yassin narrates the 114‑year history of Hadassah Medical Center, tracing its origins to a 1912 meeting of 38 Jewish women in New York who resolved to bring modern medicine to the Ottoman‑ruled Middle East. They dispatched two nurses to Jerusalem, establishing a modest clinic that provided pasteurized milk and eye drops to Jewish, Muslim, and Christian families. Over a century later, the clinic has grown into one of the region’s premier hospitals, employing over 3,600 doctors and nurses, with a staff composition of roughly one‑third Arab and two‑thirds Jewish, and serving patients of every faith. The hospital deliberately sets aside politics and religion, focusing solely on healing. Yassin highlights several groundbreaking medical achievements made at Hadassah: the first proton‑therapy cancer treatment in Israel, the country’s first IVF baby, the first dual‑robotic back surgery, and the first successful liver transplant. The institution is also supported by a massive volunteer network of 300,000 individuals. Throughout, the narrative frames Hadassah as a living symbol of peace, scientific progress, and shared humanity in a region often divided by conflict.

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I am inside an Israeli hospital before Israel existed. Let's go back 114 years ago. 38 Jewish women in 1912 met in New York to discuss this part of the world. It was under the Ottoman Empire with poverty, children going blind, mothers going sick.
And the women in New York said, we need to bring modern medicine to the Middle East.
They sent 2 nurses to Jerusalem to open a small clinic and give pasteurized milk to women and eye drops to children, Jewish, Muslim, and Christian. And that small clinic became this giant thing. Hadassah Medical Center, one of the best hospitals in the Middle East, with more than 3,600 doctors and nurses. The minute they walk in the door, they leave their politics behind. A third of the staff is is Arab, two-thirds are Jewish, and the patients are from every religion. Here everyone is just human. We don't ask what politics you are, what religion you are. We just ask what hurts. So let me get this straight. The patient is Arab, the head doctor is Jewish, the fellow is Nigerian, the nurse is from Jerusalem. The whole world's here. And one of the patients is my grandmother, leaving the hospital today in full health. 114 years later, this little dot in the Middle East is center of peace and science. The first proton therapy for cancer was here. The country's first IVF baby was here.
My third baby. Our fourth baby.
First dual robotic back surgery and first successful liver transplant.
All here.
People patronize women, but look what the women of Hadassah have done. They brought health and science and peace to the Middle East. And they're still doing it today. 300,000 volunteers own and support this hospital.
38 women in New York had an idea, and today thousands of doctors save more than 1 million humans every year. Peace is already inside this building. Now let's make it spread everywhere around the world. The world! Woo!