The competition for patients and prestige between Hadassah-University Medical Centers and Shaare Zedek Medical Center has been an ongoing rivalry for decades.

But the race is no longer really necessary, as both medical facilities are brimming with patients as the surrounding population grows. To meet the burgeoning health demands, the government has decided to expand the existing medical centers and dismissed plans to construct any new general hospitals in the capital.

To that end, Shaare Zedek has received permission from the state to double its capacity, with a 20-story tower to be built over its existing outdoor parking lot; Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem has been busily refurbishing its original round building.

On its two campuses, Ein Kerem and Mount Scopus, Hadassah’s medi

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