The Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital

Every detail of the hospital is designed for the comfort of its young patients and their families, and to promote the healing process. The building is spacious, bright, and welcoming, and each floor follows its own playful theme. The ground floor is home to the Cheryl Spencer Pediatric Emergency Department, which receives children around the clock and is accredited by Israel’s Ministry of Health as one of the country’s top emergency medicine departments.

More than 400 professionals care for children from birth through adolescence, and the hospital’s neonatology teams care for over 5,000 newborn infants every year. Its physicians hold faculty positions at the Technion’s Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine next door, training the next generation of pediatric specialists.

Parents are partners in their child’s healing. Their presence provides the reassurance, comfort and familiarity only a parent can give, helping children cope with fear and adapt to an unfamiliar environment. The hospital is built to keep families together, because children heal better when the people they love are beside them.

For the emotional wellbeing of young patients facing frightening and painful situations, professional Medical Clowns, specially trained in nursing, medicine and child psychology, can make a world of difference.  If laughter is the best medicine, then medical clowns are just what the doctor ordered!

Bring a smile to the face of a sick child with your gift….

We invite you to help put big smiles on our little patients.  Each medical clown at Rambam Health Care Campus must be funded by the generosity of others who understand how important laughter is for healing. Rambam needs $15,000 per year for each medical clown.

Your gift will bring a smile to the faces of these children and the staff who help them. Relieving stress, promoting healing – what better gift is there to give?

Giving Levels:

$1,250 per month for each medical clown
$15,000 per year for each medical clown