A new rehabilitation center for youth who have suffered from a serious illness or disease has recently opened on Nitzana’s campus. At full capacity, this facility will be able to serve 100 youngsters at a time, 3,000 youth throughout the year.
The known benefits of the desert air and environmental conditions enhance patients’ recuperation. With the excellent, first-class physical facilities and a devoted team of professionals, the Nitzana staff ensures that the visitors at this center are well taken care of and fully accommodated.
Nitzana works with Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva, Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem and Sheba Hospital in Tel Aviv, which send children to take part in the week-long rehabilitation seminar.
There are three key elements which comprise the Rehabilitation and Empowerment Program:
1) To provide a fun, refreshing atmosphere and experience for children, post-hospital detainment.
2) To educate these youngsters with regard to living a healthy lifestyle and adapting beneficial habits (i.e. diet, exercise, and general health consciousness).
3) To impart knowledge and understanding of each participant’s specific illness (cancer, diabetes, youth obesity) and offer helpful techniques to improve their status of health.
The steering committee of the rehabilitation center, which includes doctors, nurses, a school principal, professional sports trainers, therapists of different sorts and the Nitzana staff, recognizes the need to teach children about health and wellness even before they contract illness. Prospective plans are being generated to implement preventative maintenance in addition to the current rehabilitation program.
