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Certified Israeli Medical Records Translation
Certified translation of the documents that record medical history in Israel, including the registry annotations and endorsements that carry the legal effect and that a reader unfamiliar with the system will otherwise skip.
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Tipat Halav holds the childhood record
Israeli childhood immunisation is given at Tipat Halav (טיפת חלב, "a drop of milk") — the well-baby clinics run by the Ministry of Health and the municipalities — and recorded in a personal health booklet and in their system.
So the record is not with the family doctor and not with the hospital. For an I-693 the Tipat Halav record is what a US civil surgeon needs, and a printout can be obtained from the clinic or the health fund. Applicants routinely ask the hospital and are told there is nothing.
Four health funds, four record systems
Every Israeli belongs to one of four kupot holim — Clalit, Maccabi, Meuhedet or Leumit — and the clinical record sits with the fund rather than with the state. Switching funds does not move the history.
Each fund issues records in its own format with its own member number alongside the teudat zehut. We name the fund, because a US office verifying a record needs to know who to ask.
The teudat zehut, on everything
Israeli medical documents carry the teudat zehut number — nine digits with a check digit — which stays with the person for life and does not change with a change of name.
Israel permits a change of name on application every seven years, so a name may differ between an older and a newer record with nothing behind it. The teudat zehut number is what ties them together.
Hebrew, two calendars, and military medicine
Hebrew is written right to left and omits most vowels, so a physician or patient name supports several Latin renderings. Documents may carry the Hebrew calendar date alongside the Gregorian, and the Hebrew year begins in autumn so it does not align.
Military service medical records — profile classifications and discharge findings — are a separate system again and appear in immigration files. We name the issuing body. See our Hebrew page.
Ordering, and what the certification covers
Upload the document, choose certified translation at $24.95 per page of up to 250 words, and it comes back typically within 24 hours as a PDF formatted to mirror the original, with a signed certificate of translation accuracy on letterhead. Marginal annotations are translated in place, in the margin, and every seal, stamp and registry endorsement is translated with the text. See how we translate and certified versus standard.
Frequently asked questions
Where is my child's immunisation record?
Tipat Halav, the well-baby clinics. Not the hospital and not the family doctor.
My health fund changed and my history is missing.
The record sits with the kupat holim, not the state. Switching funds does not move it.
Does the teudat zehut change?
No. It ties records together across a change of name, which Israel permits every seven years.
My record shows two dates.
Hebrew and Gregorian. The Hebrew year begins in autumn, so we convert each individually.
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