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Opening-My-Heart Surgery: Medical Clown Nehama’s Blog, Chapter One

When it was first suggested that I take a medical clown course I immediately said, “No way!” I couldn’t imagine myself standing beside a crying, scared kid in a hospital…

Hadassah UK

Laughter’s the best medicine

Hadassah UK

“Dush” Brings the Skill of Medical Clowning to the UK

Hadassah Australia

Hadassah Australia is Sending In The Clowns

Hadassah Australia

Video of DUSH, The Hadassah Medical Clown in Australia

Hadassah Australia

DuSH, Hadassah’s Famous Medical Clown Comes to Australia

Medical Clowns

I Clown You: Please support the filming of a documentary about the work of the Medical Clowns at Hadassah

Hadassah Australia

Medical Clown in Town

Hadassah Hospital

Shana Tova – שנה טובה – a happy new year

Hadassah Australia

Clowning around in Nepal

Hadassah Australia

Laughter Is The Best Medicine

Hadassah Australia

Twelve Ways to Say We Care: Bat Mitzvah girls in Australia reach out to Pediatric patients at Hadassah

Medical Clowns

Friends for Life: a Hadassah Medical Clown in Nepal

Building Bridges to Peace

World Vision CEO stops at Hadassah to “Smell the roses”

Medical Clowns

Hadassah Hospital’s Clowns Ease the Pain: More Evidence that Laughter is the Best Medicine

Medical Clowns

The Magic of Hadassah’s Medical Clowns

Building Bridges to Peace

Relieving the Suffering: A Hadassah Medical Clown’s Powerful Impact in Port au Prince

Hadassah Mexico

Hadassah Medical Center Clown Bonds with Mexican Children

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