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Rambam Participates in Project: “Smiling for the Community”
May 2, 2021 – Rambam Health Care Campus is participating in the “Smiling for the Community” project to provide dental care to people—primarily women—trapped in a life of prostitution. Rambam is partnering with the Haifa Health Bureau and the Lewinsky Clinic in a program to provide free dental care for sex workers. The program seeks to open new doors for the women as they embark on the road to recovery. It initially began as a…
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Rambam Treats Seven Victims from the Mount Meron Tragedy
April 30, 2021 – Disaster struck at this year’s Lag B’Omer celebrations on Northern Israel’s Mount Meron, where more than 100,000 people gathered last night to mark the holiday. More than 40 people were killed and more than 150 people were injured. Hundreds of Rambam Health Care Campus employees from the Trauma and Emergency Center, the Division of Nursing, the Department of Social Work, the Department of Transport, and the hospital’s management rushed to the…
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The Missing Piece of the Puzzle: Dozens of Rare Disorders Diagnosed Using Advanced DNA Sequencing Technology
April 29, 2021 – Rambam’s Genetic Institute has been using advanced DNA sequencing for the past three years to identify rare genetic disorders, offering hope to many families. Ten-year-old Danny (not his real name) was born prematurely, and he has been fighting an intense battle to survive from the moment he was born. “When Danny was born, he was unable to breathe independently and we were terrified that he might not live. Later, he was diagnosed…
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The Haircut that Touched an Entire Department
April 22, 2021 – Three-year-old Adir, who undergoes multiple dialysis treatments every week, recently celebrated his third birthday with a traditional haircutting ceremony, in the company of his family and the staff from Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital’s Pediatric Nephrology Institute at Rambam Health Care Campus. Adir Elmakias is the son of Liat and Meir from Beit She’an. He is the youngest of three brothers, and at three years old, has been through a lot in…
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Complex Surgery at Rambam Saves Life of 7-Year-old Gazan Boy
April 18, 2021 – A complex, highly sophisticated medical operation was recently performed at Rambam Health Care Campus to save the life of Madchat Tapash, a seven-year-old boy from the Gaza Strip. Madchat Tapash was born with a defect in his renal system that caused life-threatening kidney failure and an improperly functioning bladder, requiring a multidisciplinary team of specialists to repair the damage. The operation actually consisted of three different surgeries conducted almost simultaneously, in…
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Rambam Nurse Arranges Reunion Between a Hospitalized Patient and His Pet
April 11, 2021 – What happens when a hospitalized patient misses his beloved pets? The Head Nurse in the Department of Internal Medicine D at Rambam Health Care Campus ensured that one of her patients was given the opportunity to spend time with one of his three dogs. Aryeh (72), a widower who lives with his three children, has been hospitalized in the Department of Internal Medicine D at Rambam Health Care Campus for about…
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Rambam Works to Raise Awareness of Epilepsy
April 4, 2021 – Epilepsy affects 1 out of every 100 children and adults. It is entirely possible to live with this disease, but it is necessary to understand its manifestations, and to seek appropriate care. During the past year, the world has been transfixed by the coronavirus. We all depend upon the ability of our healthcare systems to manage the pandemic, but these systems must also contend with many other serious illnesses, including epilepsy.…
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Holocaust Remembrance Day: Rambam Remembers One of its Supporters
April 8, 2021 – On Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) in Israel, Rambam Health Care Campus remembers one of its very special supporters – Hedda Engel, who survived Auschwitz and other concentration camps, and moved to Israel in 1949. Hedda Engel nee Schonstein was born on June 27, 1923, in Rimavská Sobota in southeastern Slovakia. At the age of 14, she was orphaned when both of her parents passed away, and she moved in with…
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New Rambam Project Brings People Together During Era of Social Distancing
March 25, 2021 – The “Who Am I?” project recently launched in Rambam’s COVID-19 departments seeks to bring people closer together. The COVID-19 departments at Rambam Health Care Campus present a complex reality. Patients suffer not only from a serious and still relatively unfamiliar illness, but also from an acute sense of separation and loneliness due to their confinement in an isolation ward. Patients are separated from family and friends, and they cannot even see…
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Rambam Patient Receives Unique Personalized Implant Following Repeated Hip Surgeries
March 18, 2021 – In a rare surgical procedure, doctors at Rambam Health Care Campus performed hip replacement surgery using a customized implant. After years of suffering and several repeat surgeries to treat the problem, Naomi McLeod has renewed hope for quality of life. Hip replacement surgery in the modern era is a common intervention. But for 69-year-old Naomi McCloud, from a suburb north of Haifa, the procedure became all too familiar, as she underwent…
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Three Rambam Women Receive National Recognition for their Contributions to the Israeli Hospital System
March 11, 2021 – Sara Tzafrir, Limor Aizenbud, and Hagar Baruch made the Israeli Ministry of Health’s List of 30 Leading Influential Women for 2021 in the “Government Hospitals” Division. Sara Tzafrir was also named as “Outstanding Chief Information Officer” for 2020 by “People and Computers”. As part of the activities marking International Women’s Day earlier this week, three Rambam Health Care Campus Employees were listed among the 30 leading influential women in the Government…
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Newsweek Magazine Names Rambam as One of Top Three Hospitals in Israel
Rambam Health Care Campus is proud to share that Newsweek magazine’s annual in-depth study of hospitals in 25 different countries around the world has ranked Rambam as one of the top three hospitals in Israel. This is the third year that Newsweek has conducted such a study, and Rambam has consistently ranked among the top four hospitals in the country. The rankings were determined through a combination of recommendations from medical experts (doctors, healthcare professionals, and hospital managers), results…
