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Achinoam “Noa” Nini and Gil Dor to Give Virtual Performance in Support of Rambam Health Care Campus
Achinoam and Gil have performed for audiences around the world and now the duo are committed to supporting Rambam! They are planning a very special concert, which will be broadcast live on Wednesday, April 22nd at 2:30 PM (EST) and 11:30 AM (PST) The performance can be viewed on Rambam’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/rambamhospital/), as well as on Achinoam Nini’s various Facebook channels, Instagram, and YouTube.
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In Israeli War on Coronavirus, Arab Doctors Rush to the Front
Christian Science Monitor, April 16, 2020 Dr. Yasmin Diab shuttles daily between self-quarantine at her home in the Arab village of Tamra and 24-hour shifts at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa – the largest in northern Israel – where she was the first doctor on the coronavirus ward when it opened in March. Because of her work with coronavirus patients, Dr. Diab cannot have physical contact with her family – her birthday recently came and…
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New Israeli-Designed Mask Creates ‘Air Curtain’ for Those Treating COVID-19
Rambam Medical Center became the first facility to use a new type of protective mask created in Israel for medical personnel treating patients with COVID-19. The face covering, which was developed by Rambam Medical Center’s research department and the Technion, is attached to a pump that sends filtered air into the mask. This is designed to help prevent infection from droplets, which is how the coronavirus is primarily transmitted. The transmission of filtered air into…
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My Father Didn’t Have Covid-19, but He Almost Died Because of It
By Ronen Bergman, New York Times, April 11, 2020 HAIFA, Israel — The E.R. doctor gave me an accusing look: “Clearly the deterioration did not begin today. Why did you bring him in only now? Without medical care, he would not have lasted the night.” It was close to midnight on March 24, at Rambam Hospital in Haifa, the biggest hospital in the biggest town in the north of Israel. I was standing anxiously at the…
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Student-Built Robot to Help Battle Corona at Rambam
The battle against coronavirus in Israel just got a helping hand from an unexpected source: the robotics club at the prestigious Hebrew Reali School in Haifa. Students and alumni of the robotics club, called “Galaxia 5987 in memory of David Zohar,” answered a call from Rambam Medical Center and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. In under a week, they developed a robot according to the hospital’s requirements. The prototype robotic platform, CoRobot, can…
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Married Couple Both Working in Rambam’s COVID-19 Department
Anastasia and Slava Kotliarov have been married for four years, but during recent weeks, they only see each other once a week. They are both nurses at Rambam Health Care Campus, and volunteered, without hesitation, to care for patients in the hospital’s dedicated COVID-19 Department. April 6, 2020 Slava Kotliarov is a nurse in Rambam’s Neurosurgery Intensive Care Unit, and his wife Anastasia works in the Division of Critical Care Medicine. Approximately two-and-a-half weeks ago,…
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Message from the Board President
Dear Friends, On behalf of myself and the whole AFORAM staff, I want to wish you a happy and healthy Passover or Easter. It is a challenge to live during the time of the coronavirus with many families having to spend the holiday separated from their loved ones. Though I am fortunate that my immediate family lives next door, we will nonetheless be eating in our own homes. My children are determined to keep my…
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Cordio and Rambam Medical Center will Trial AI that Detects Coronavirus Cases from Speech Samples
Cordio Medical today announced that it will begin a clinical trial at Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center on an app-based artificial intelligence (AI) system that analyzes speech to diagnose and remotely monitor COVID-19 patients. Assuming it passes scientific muster, the technology could be used to help treat self-quarantined patients who are likely to have COVID-19 but haven’t yet been hospitalized. Cordio’s COVID-19 solution is built on its existing HearO product, which was developed to remotely monitor…
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Operation COVID-19 – Rambam Cooperates with Top Secret Military Units
A small, select group of soldiers belonging to the Special Operations Unit of Israel’s Intelligence Division visited Rambam Health Care Campus. Armed with work tools and electronic equipment, the soldiers briefly took control of the rooms in which the hospital recently raced to establish a second dedicated and isolated coronavirus department. The Special Operation Unit brought a technological solution for the challenge faced by COVID-19 isolation wards, by creating a virtual connection between the control…
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Intel Israel Donates Coronavirus Testing Machine
Intel Israel has donated NIS 1.25 million (about $339,114) to Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa for the purchase of an automated coronavirus testing machine, the company announced on Monday. The machine, called the Genomic STARlet by Hamilton Robotics, will help increase the number of tests processed for the diagnosis of COVID-19, the disease that causes the novel coronavirus. Rambam’s General-Director Dr. Michael Halberthal said the donation is focused on “advanced equipment acquisition” which is…
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Rambam and Technion Present Pooling Method for Accelerated COVID-19 Testing
Researchers at Rambam Health Care Campus and Technion – Israel Institute of Technology have joined forces to investigate whether a method for pooling test samples for COVID-19 can provide faster and more timely results. March 19, 2020 A team of researchers from Rambam Health Care Campus and Technion – Israel Institute of Technology have successfully tested a pooling methodology that will allow for faster testing of suspected COVID-19 samples. COVID-19 testing generally takes several hours…
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Rambam Uses Puppets and Legos to Reduce Pain in Children
Bones made from cotton swabs, MRI machines made from Legos, and a journey to the intestines using a robot – this is how children who come to Rambam Health Care Campus are taught about the medical processes they are about to undergo, reducing their anxiety levels. Visiting the hospital is usually an unpleasant experience, and sometimes, it’s even a little scary – especially for children. In recent years, as part of the “pain-free hospital” concept…
