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According to UNESCO, “World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development celebrates not only the richness of the world’s cultures, but also the essential role of intercultural dialogue for achieving peace and sustainable development.” The day was first marked in 2002 and is celebrated every year on May 21.

Coordinators of a program to train licensed Eastern European physicians believe the program could potentially alleviate Israel’s physician and hospital intern shortage, while also saving on the time and costs involved to train more new doctors. The cost of medical studies to the State of Israel is estimated to be approximately NIS 750,000-NIS 1,000,000 per medical student over six years of medical studies while the estimated cost of Rambam’s course is approximately NIS 50,000 per physician.

Firas Shbat z”l, a father of five, died suddenly at the age of 44 while playing a game of soccer in the village of Nahef in the Galilee.

The cities of Haifa and Boston have been connected for more than 30 years, with academic collaborations, student exchanges, municipal cooperation, and more.

“The exercise equipment will enable children undergoing bone marrow transplantation to be as physically active as their conditions will allow, helping them to stay busy and improve their health,” notes Dr. Shifra Ash, Director, the Joan & Sanford Weill Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation.

The world's largest professional network on the Internet, LinkedIn has ranked workplaces in Israel with regard to career growth. To be eligible for this list, the workplace must have at least 500 employees.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently issued a warning following a significant increase in the incidents of pediatric liver infection (hepatitis) in a number of countries around the world, including Israel. In light of the WHO's warning, the Israeli Ministry of Health directed the country's healthcare providers to carefully monitor all relevant cases.

Members of the Israeli delegation to the Kochav Meir Field Hospital in Western Ukraine held a memorial service on the eve of Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day. The memorial service took place at a killing field near the field hospital.

Everyone knows that being hospitalized is no fun, but a team of firefighters and rescue workers decided to give the hospitalized children at Rambam Health Care Campus something worth remembering – a special rappelling demonstration from the roof of Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital.

Israel established the field hospital in Mostyska, outside of the Western Ukrainian city of Lviv, in mid-March.

Children of surgical team members at Rambam Health Care Campus were given a unique and exciting opportunity to experience their parents' complicated work days. They got to try out working with different medical devices, and even enjoyed a little “screen time.”

Leading the new service will be Professor Ronen Arnon, an internationally recognized pediatric liver disease specialist who recently joined Rambam Health Care Campus as a senior physician and Head of the Pediatric Liver, Gastroenterology and Pediatric Nutrition Institute in Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital.

Twice the joy at Rambam Health Care Campus: A Haifa resident gave birth to a son and then became a grandmother when her daughter gave birth to a baby girl one week later.

Metastatic pancreatic cancer is an aggressive disease with low life expectancy and especially poor quality of life. A new research grant will seek ways to improve those statistics.

On Monday April 4, Prime Minister Bennett—accompanied by the Border Police Chief, the Deputy Police Commissioner, the Commander of Israel's National Counter Terror Unit, and the Commander of the Commando Brigade—visited wounded soldiers folowing a visit on April 2 by Israeli Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai.

A unique virtual window initiative has been implemented in the Bone Marrow Transplantation Institute at Rambam Health Care Campus. It helps to meet the unique needs of bone marrow transplant patients in isolation – all thanks to the generosity of the family of Arnon Ori, Z"L.

For almost four weeks now, psychologists, social workers, and other mental health professionals have been volunteering 24/7 to staff a hotline for Ukrainian residents in need of mental health support.

Qigong is a series of exercises based on an ancient Chinese text that attributes medicinal properties to motility. Those who practice this unique craft believe that it brings balance and serenity at all levels.

David Malka, an IDF veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following the Second Lebanon War, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer exactly 15 years after the battle in Lebanon. He was looking for ways to strengthen his youngest child, who also had to deal with his father’s illness.

In Israel, the days leading up to Purim are filled with merriment, and many of the staff members and patients at Rambam Health Care Campus were happy to join in the fun! Festivities have been held across the campus, and some of the highlights are below.