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Rambam’s Groundbreaking Research Could Change the Way Physicians Help Premature Babies Breathe
For years, neonatologists worldwide have debated the most effective method of treating the respiratory issues that afflict premature infants. New groundbreaking Israeli research may significantly change the way these problems are addressed. Premature babies, often referred to as “preemies,” are often born with underdeveloped lungs; hence, the reason for their most commonly experienced problem –
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Rambam Presents: Dramatic Improvement in Heart Catheterization Precision
After months of focusing on patients suffering from the deadly coronavirus, Rambam Health Care Campus is now returning to full medical operations. This process includes the acquisition of state-of-the-art medical equipment, like Rambam’s new cardiac catheterization laboratories. At Rambam Health Care Campus, which operates the largest cardiology, cardiac surgery, and pediatric cardiology departments in Northern
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Back Surgery at Rambam: More Precise, with Real-time Images and Less Radiation
The Spinal Column Unit of the Orthopedic Surgery Section at Rambam recently received the most advanced imaging machine of its kind, a next-generation O-arm that allows surgical teams to acquire precise three-dimensional images that dramatically improve their ability to perform delicate and complex spinal column surgeries. Given that there are many fears among the public
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The Rambam Doctor Who Won’t Stop Running: 166 Kilometers in One Night
Some people get tired of driving long distances, but Rambam senior physician Dr. Reuven Ishai ran for 166 consecutive kilometers in one night to raise awareness of the problems of dizziness and loss of balance, and to start collecting donations to establish a special treatment center for these medical problems. Dr. Reuven Ishai is a
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President Rivlin Visits Rambam’s COVID-19 Command Center
The President of the State of Israel, Mr. Reuven Rivlin, visited Rambam Health Care Campus and met with representatives of the hospital’s administration, including Rambam General Director Dr. Michael Halberthal and his deputies, who presented the activities of the hospital’s COVID-19 treatment facility and the challenges involved in operating it. The meeting was also attended
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Director of Rambam’s Breast Health Institute Calls on Women to Be Screened for Breast Cancer Despite Pandemic
Dr. Aviad Hoffman, Director of the Breast Health Institute at Rambam Health Care Campus, is gravely concerned that COVID-19 will inflict a heavy medical toll in areas completely unrelated to the virus. As a result, he has issued an urgent public warning to women to be screened for breast cancer and to undergo necessary testing
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Internationally known Israeli Singer Ishtar Alabina Calls for Donations to Rambam after Father Recovers from COVID-19
Internationally known Israeli singer Ishtar Alabina has been spending a lot of time at the bedside of her father, who was hospitalized with COVID-19 at Rambam Health Care Campus in the Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital’s COVID-19 facility. Fortunately, he recovered from the coronavirus, and is now recuperating in the Department of Internal Medicine
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Prime Minister Netanyahu Visits Rambam
Israel’s Prime Minister, MK Benjamin Netanyahu visited Rambam Health Care Campus on October 19, where he met with hospital management and toured the COVID-19 command center, which oversees the activities of the coronavirus departments in the Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital. Rambam’s General Director Dr. Michael Halberthal presented the hospital’s COVID-19 activities to Prime
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Gift Drawer Project in Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital Helps Persuade Children to Receive Treatment with a Smile
In three designated drawers under a bed in the patient reception room in the Meri and Sol J. Barer Pediatrics B Department in Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital, dozens of small gifts, toys, and games await the children hospitalized in the department, all as part of Rambam Health Care Campus’s sensitive approach to pediatric care. “When
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Ministers of Defense and Health, IDF Deputy Chief of Staff, Visit Rambam to Inaugurate Rambam-IDF COVID-19 Departments
A ceremony marking the opening of IDF-run COVID-19 Departments in the Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital was held yesterday at Rambam Health Care Campus. This is the first time that the military is cooperating with an Israeli hospital as well as its first time treating civilians. Following comprehensive preparations, the IDF’s COVID-19 departments were
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Top Military Officials Visit Rambam as IDF Prepares to Open COVID-19 Departments in Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital, Marking IDF’s First-ever Cooperation with an Israeli Hospital
The IDF’s Deputy Chief of Staff and Chief Medical Officer visit Rambam Health Care Campus as the army’s Medical Corps establish two COVID-19 departments at Rambam. This operation marks the first time that the military is cooperating with an Israeli hospital as well as its first time treating civilians. In cooperation with Rambam Health Care
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Physician-researchers at Rambam Study the Effects of Lockdown on Sexual Function
During the first wave of COVID-19, Israeli citizens were under lockdown for several weeks between March and May, 2020. The lockdown has affected every area of life due the shutdown of the economy; social isolation; anxiety and fear; social distancing; and children remaining at home. This new normal has a number of implications relating to
