October 6, 2022 – For patients unable to take blood thinners, Rambam implements a new, innovative procedure for treating atrial fibrillation. Patients who suffer from atrial fibrillation (rapid and irregular heartbeat) are at higher risk for a blood clot, which could be a life-threatening condition – for this reason, most of them take blood thinners. However,…
October 3, 2022 – Without the assistance of his usual medical team, leading Rambam surgeon, Dr. Yotam Shkedy recently performed complicated head and neck surgeries in Ethiopia. Dr. Yotam Shkedy, Attending Physician, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at Rambam Health Care Campus, recently returned from a mission to Ethiopia, where he operated on locals who have cancerous…
September 29, 2022 – 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. Every Jewish male is commanded not to cut the hair from the sides of their heads. “Do not cut off the hair on the sides of your head…” (Leviticus 19:27)…
September 22, 2022 – 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. Ofer Lavi recently sat…
September 15, 2022 – 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…
