Moshe Wallach
Jerusalem physician
Died when: 90 years 101 days (1083 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Moshe (Moritz) Wallach (28 December 1866 – 8 April 1957) was a German Jewish physician and pioneering medical practitioner in Jerusalem.He was the founder of Shaarei Zedek Hospital on Jaffa Road, which he directed for 45 years.
He introduced modern medicine to the impoverished and disease-plagued citizenry, accepting patients of all religions and offering free medical care to indigents.
He was so closely identified with the hospital that it became known as "Wallach's Hospital".A strictly Torah-observant Jew, he was also an activist in the Agudath Israel Orthodox Jewish movement.
He was buried in the small cemetery adjacent to the hospital.
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