In Mayanei HaYeshua Medical Center operating rooms surgery is performed on inpatients of the various departments, on patients admitted from the Emergency Room, and on private patients.  There are four operating rooms, staffed by an expert surgical team highly experienced in emergency situations, and on call 24 hours a day.

Over 3,000 operations a year are performed in the operating rooms, mostly by the Surgery, Gynecology, Orthopedic and ENT Departments.  The nursing staff number 16 nurses, 2 orderlies, and a number of auxiliary staff, all under the supervision of the nurse in charge.

A patient about to undergo surgery first arrives at the reception and recovery room, where he is physically and emotionally prepared for surgery.   Here he completes a form with Information needed for monitoring and follow up, from that moment until his recovery.

After the operation, the patient is taken to the recovery room adjoining the operating room, where he will be under constant nursing supervision.  The recovery room is equipped with monitoring equipment, and there is a doctor present at all times.

Operations performed in the department

Obstetrics	Gynecology	Otolaryngology
Cesarean sections: Considerable experience in both primary and repeat c-sections	Abdominal, vaginal and laparoscopic hysterectomy, oophorectomy, exploratory laparotomy, vaginoplasty, and others	SMR, conchotomy, polypectomy, insertion of grommets, tonsillectomy, thyroidectomy, and others
Surgery	Orthopedics
Bowel surgery, laparoscopic and open gallbladder surgery, appendectomies, hernia surgery, mastectomies and lymph node removal, skin lesion excisions, hemorrhoid and fissure surgery, limb amputations, and others	Meniscus and cartilage damage, chronic inflammation in the foot or ankle, shoulder dislocation, and others