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A new initiative helps allergy sufferers overcome the fear of vaccinations due to the lack of knowledge regarding possible allergic reactions.

Najala Saeed, born with a bleeding disorder resulting from a protein deficiency, has defied the odds and gave birth to a healthy baby at Rambam Health Care Campus.

A new clinic recently inaugurated at Rambam Health Care Campus, which serves as a one-stop-shop for all the unique monitoring and testing needed by women pregnant with twins.

Elite soldiers in costume rappelling down the exterior walls of Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital to hand out sweets... Medical clowns… Departments competing in a costume contest for prizes…

While hospitals in Israel often receive gifts from different organizations and individuals during holiday seasons, one department at Rambam Health Care Campus decided to do the opposite, instead choosing to pay it forward.

A new service at Rambam Health Care Campus is filling a void for pregnant women who are concerned about COVID-19.

A patient with a rare congenital heart defect that affects several members of her family was successfully treated at Rambam Health Care Campus. This rare defect occurs in approximately one in 1,000 births.

Doctors from Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital and Rabat Children’s Hospital met virtually for the first time to share knowledge and experience, forging professional ties to facilitate collaboration between the two pediatric medical facilities.

A team from Rambam Health Care Campus developed a prize-winning program that saves 4,000 manpower hours annually.

Rambam Health Care Campus is one of the first institutions in the world to use the groundbreaking portable electrospinning wound treatment system. Doctors at Rambam have so far treated dozens of patients suffering from a variety of burns ranging in size and severity.

A nine-year-old boy born with a rare genetic defect that left him unable to move his joints is now learning to walk, following a successful surgery performed by doctors in the Pediatric Orthopedics Unit at Rambam Health Care Campus.

Physicians in Rambam Health Care Campus’s Unit of Interventional Cardiology successfully performed a heart catheterization on an 84-year-old woman to avert a life-threatening condition, restoring her quality of life.

"When I fly remote-controlled model airplanes, I feel alive...” In recent days, members of the Department of Internal Medicine D at Rambam Health Care Campus were seen wearing masks with this quote, emblazoned in blue and white.

A new clinic is the first of its kind in Northern Israel, providing treatment for narrowing carotid arteries and stroke prevention that was, until now, unavailable in this part of the country.

Participants from the “Ninja Israel” television show are stepping up to provide encouragement to young patients at Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital, and even sent birthday wishes to a ten-year-old fan who is currently receiving cancer treatment at Rambam Health Care Campus.

Israel currently has the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate in the world, and more than 4,000 of Rambam’s approximately 5,300 employees have already received the first dose of Pfizer vaccines.

Rambam Health Care Campus has provided comprehensive, dedicated care for more than 1,200 COVID 19 patients since receiving its first such patient in March 2020. Despite the high rate of success in treating the virus, some patients continue to suffer from ongoing health issues and require follow-up treatment, even after being released from the hospital. As the international vaccination campaign gains momentum, sources at Rambam caution: “COVID-19 will be with us for quite some time and we need to deal with its long-term consequences.”

Rambam’s Pulmonology Institute has recently implemented an advanced system that acquires minimally invasive biopsies in areas of the lungs previously unreachable without surgery. The new technology collects multiple biopsy samples accurately, quickly, and painlessly, with no incisions.

As the world prepares to say goodbye to 2020, here at Rambam Health Care Campus, we decided to take a look back over the activities and milestones from one of the most memorable years in recent history. Although we were busier than usual due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the hospital’s regular work continued as usual. We thought you might enjoy this overview through to December 27, 2020.

Rambam Health Care Campus has gained a great deal of experience in treating strokes, with a focus on those that require invasive intervention through cerebral catheterization. However, a phenomenon presented at Rambam in recent days managed to surprise the doctors, especially in light of the fact that not one, but two such patients were rushed to Rambam within two days. The phenomenon is so rare that the Director of Rambam's Department of Vascular Surgery and Transplantation had never seen it before.