The Givat Shaul mental health center opened in 1951, utilizing the houses and school building of Deir Yassin, which had been left untouched.
It was originally a  therapeutic community of 300 patients who spent most of the day working outdoors.
It was called the Kfar Shaul Government Work Village for Mental Patients.
In its early years, the majority of the patients were Holocaust survivors.
The hospital now suffers from severe overcrowding and has an average occupancy rate of 110 percent.
Udi Aloni, an Israeli director who made a film about the hospital, Forgiveness (2006), described it as dilapidated.
The Givat Shaul mental health center opened in 1951, utilizing the houses and school building of Deir Yassin, which had been left untouched. It was originally a  therapeutic community of 300 patients who spent most of the day working outdoors. It was called the Kfar Shaul Government Work Village for Mental Patients. In its early years, the majority of the patients were Holocaust survivors. The hospital now suffers from severe overcrowding and has an average occupancy rate of 110 percent. Udi Aloni, an Israeli director who made a film about the hospital, Forgiveness (2006), described it as dilapidated.
Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center