Patient Stories

After initial examinations, her doctors in Israel prescribed chemotherapy and radiation simultaneously. This treatment regimen lasted three and half months, and initial results showed the therapy had been effective.

In 2013, Pedro da Silva received intensive chemotherapy treatment for testicular cancer. In 2016, he was diagnosed with leukemia.

According to all the doctors’ prognoses, Tamir Gilat should not be alive right now. After he was diagnosed with cancer in 2011, he was given three months to live.

In 2016, Sheba performed revolutionary CAR-T therapy for the first time. Since then, the hospital has become a world-recognized center for cutting-edge CAR-T cell cancer treatment.

About a month ago, an advanced portable artificial heart system was brought from Germany to Israel especially for Riram. Thanks to this “heart in a suitcase,” she became mobile and was able to attend her older brother’s wedding, which was obviously a joyous highlight of the family event.

Filip and his twin sister were born on June 12, 2019, in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The babies were premature, delivered at 34 weeks of pregnancy and weighed less than 4.4 lb. (2 kilo) each.

Alice is currently 6 years old. She was pre-diagnosed with Marfan syndrome at birth; when she was 2 years old, we ran a genetic test in Israel that confirmed the diagnosis.

Throughout life, there is always a time when you need support from people who care.

For the past eight years, Jeremiah and Aishetu Onubi have been travelling from their homeland Nigeria to Sheba Medical Center in Israel. Jeremiah is a professional medical specialist who served as the director of a military hospital in Nigeria for many years.