- The Jewish hospital was founded in 1923, but in 1936 it moved into the building you see today on Đure Đaković Street.
- It was then the only Jewish hospital in Yugoslavia. Poor members of the Jewish community were treated free of charge, while those with limited funds paid only a couple of dinars a day.
- The hospital’s income consisted largely of donations.
- It was open to everyone, not only Jews. Indeed, the warmth of the Jewish fraternity made this hospital exceptional.
- Every Jewish doctor, male or female, who worked in Subotica was given the opportunity to participate in the hospital’s medical service.
- One of them, an excellent surgeon named Imre Wilheim, returned to Subotica after only four months at the famous Mayo Clinic in America. He applied the experience he’d gained in healthcare administration in Subotica’s Jewish hospital.
- After World War II, it became a state-run maternity hospital. Nowadays, the building functions as a school.
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