News and Events

It was a race against time when three-year-old Ben swallowed nineteen magnetic game beads while playing at his home, in the Haifa district. Doctors at the Ruth Rappaport Children's Hospital at Rambam Health Care Campus, stepped in and saved his life.

Elias Perlmutter is a miracle man – or rather – a miracle cyclist. Despite a rare and severe lung disease, he continues to achieve victories in competitive cycling and is now participating in a groundbreaking research study at Rambam Health Care Campus.

International Celiac Disease Awareness Day (supporting the difficulties faced by people suffering from this auto-immune disease) was recently observed worldwide. Leading health professionals, patients, their families, and hundreds of guests who have a particular interest in the condition came together on September 22, 2022, to address the key issues at the furst such symposium to be held at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel.

A state-of-the-art MRI device was recently acquired by Rambam Health Care Campus together with the University of Haifa and deployed in the refurbished MRI Institute at the hospital.

Giving birth is one of the most thrilling moments in a woman’s life. For attorney Lital Wolfovitz (34) of Binyamina, a town in the Haifa district, the birth of her fourth child at Rambam Health Care Campus was an extraordinarily moving and unforgettable experience which she captured on camera.

A service dog named Donna recently joined the Department of Pediatric Dentistry in the Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital at Rambam Health Care Campus. Donna is helping young patients overcome severe dental anxiety.

Parents of three-year-old Fuad, donate his organs following a catastrophic car accident. Rambam stands in awe of the Machamid family and all those who give the gift of life to another.

To the excitement of all, the Herta & Paul Amir Department of Internal Medicine A, at Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, opened recently following a one-year renovation.

For patients unable to take blood thinners, Rambam HCC, implements a new, innovative procedure for treating atrial fibrillation.

Without the assistance of his usual medical team, leading Rambam surgeon, Dr. Yotam Shkedy recently performed complicated head and neck surgeries in Ethiopia.

A six-year-old ultra-Orthodox boy, underwent life-saving neurosurgery at Rambam. Understanding their religious importance, Dr. Ido Paldor saved one of the boy’s sidelocks.

It is now eight years since Ofer Lavi began donating blood platelets and plasma at Rambam Health Care Campus for cancer patients, trauma victims, and premature babies. Recently, after 102 plasma donations, he realized that ‘102’ is also the emergency telephone number for Fire and Rescue Services.

Rambam Health Care Campus is offering a unique training program for the caregivers of young oncology patients in collaboration with the “Halasartan” Project and the Israel Cancer Association. This course is the first of its kind in Israel.

A doctor in one of Northern Israel’s community health clinics was at a loss. How was he going to perform an ECG on this energetic and restless four-and-a-half-year-old child who was on the spectrum? After consulting with specialists, the ECG was successfully performed in the Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital at Rambam Health Care Campus.

Green plants, synthetic grass, and colorful tires are all part of a new playground established by the Purchasing Department staff of Rambam Health Care Campus for the Alvin Network’s Einav Daycare Center for Children with Special Needs in Kiryat Bialik – a suburb of Haifa.

While being rushed to surgery for a C-section at Rambam Health Care Campus, Ella Vinon Hasid’s baby began to exit the birth canal. The baby’s life hung in the balance due to a rare umbilical cord prolapse. Dr. Nadir Ghanem’s resourcefulness restored the baby into the uterus with a swift action that bought precious moments and saved the baby’s life.

A new hematology unit recently opened at Rambam Health Care Campus to meet the growing need for expanded hematology services in Northern Israel.

For cancer patients, balancing body, mind, and soul are important factors in treatment and recovery. Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel, is now providing six free, one-hour, reflexology sessions to suitable oncology patients.

Yotam Yonatan, a 48-year-old resident of a small town in Northern Israel, could not believe it when a serious bicycle accident that caused him to lose consciousness actually saved his life.

A novel, minimally invasive, surgery for the lower back, developed in Australia, was recently implemented at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), Haifa, Israel. Dr. Ory Keynan, Head, of the Spine Surgery Unit at Rambam, together with specialists from the unit, are now using this procedure.