News and Events

The benefits of a dog’s company, especially the emotional support provided by service dogs, are well known. Soldiers injured in the current conflict in Israel and other patients enjoyed a special visit this week, spreading joy throughout the hospital.

This past weekend, Magen David Adom (MDA) held an extensive drill that simulated a wartime emergency scenario at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel. The drill focused on the access of multiple vehicles to the hospital’s underground emergency hospital and patient triage.

Placing patient and employee needs first has always been a priority at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), Northern Israel’s largest referral hospital. The news has been full of the hospital’s preparations for war casualties. However, placing others first is something both the hospital administration and Israelis in general take seriously.

Since the war in Southern Israel began, Rambam has been receiving wounded people – some soldiers and some civilians. One civilian, a security guard, shares his story of survival.

In light of the most recent war in the south of the country, the Israeli Government has ordered Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, to prepare for every possible scenario, including a possible outbreak of hostilities in the north. This includes opening the -3 level of the world’s largest underground emergency hospital.

A touching meeting took place at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), in Haifa, Israel when IDF Brigadier General (Res) Zvika Halperin met his grandson for the first time, and then returned to the battles in the south of the country.

What does the human body do with the medications and drug therapies it ingests? How does underdosing or overdosing affect clinical outcomes? Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), in Haifa, Israel is now offering a service that personalizes drug doses to each patient’s specific needs.

A school teacher’s toolbox is filled with the necessary equipment, but one such tool – the voice box – sometimes needs sharpening. What is the best way to protect your vocal cords from being overused or damaged? An expert otolaryngologist and a speech therapist from Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, share the primary lessons.

The Jewish festival of Sukkot – the Feast of Tabernacles – includes five symbols, including the citron (etrog). Surprisingly, this hard, bitter, yet aromatic fruit has many health benefits.

Do female surgeons achieve better surgical outcomes than their male counterparts? Results of two cohort studies targeting more than 1.3-million patients show a clear difference. Expert surgeons at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel have also noticed this result.

Although once taken for granted, the spiritual care of patients is becoming part of mainstream medicine. The Spiritual Care Service at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel plays an important role in patient care. The hospital’s ‘Poetic Pharmacy,’ recently filled a creative prescription for soul care that no pharmacist can match.

Around the world, climate change is resulting in extremely hot days. A neurologist at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), in Haifa, Israel, provides a medical perspective on recent research that looked at the impact of extreme heat in certain adult populations.

On two consecutive days, two delegations of Brazilian dignitaries and community leaders, visited Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel. Hospital collaborations, strategic partnerships, and new friendships were cemented. The future of healthcare was high on the agenda of discussions.

On a recent visit to Brazil, a delegation from Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, highlighted the need for unity between academia, industry, and healthcare in both countries, as well as for the benefit of global medicine.

A new ICG (Indocyanine Green) technology enables the use of infrared imaging technology for performing more accurate breast reconstruction surgeries. Now being used at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam), in Haifa, Israel, this technology enables better surgical planning and is a game changer for positive patient outcomes.

The month of August 2023 will be marked as a record-breaker for the Hand Surgery Unit at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel. Seven hand surgeries, primarily work accidents involving a circular saw or broken glass, were performed in less than a week – an unusual concentration of such cases – even at the global scale.

The birth of multiples, whether they be twins, triplets, or more, is generally considered to be unusual.  But the birth of four sets of triplets, two sets in May, one set in July, and another set in August – all at the same hospital – is truly remarkable.

Physicians in the Palestinian Authority knew that a complex facial reconstruction was the only hope for a young resident with a complex facial tumor. The procedure is not available in the Palestinian Authority. Following appropriate arrangements, the patient was transferred to Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, where an expert surgical team implemented an innovative life-changing solution.

Anton Kroger, a physician’s assistant at Rambam Health Care Campus (Rambam) in Haifa, Israel, met his neighbor Michael Frumpkin, a paramedic, recently in the most unexpected way. Michael was in cardiac arrest, but help was on its way.