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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Rambam Treats Patients in New COVID‑19 Department – First Hospital in Israel to Use Biobeat Monitoring System
Rambam Health Care Campus has opened its new, isolated, COVID-19 department, after being chosen to do so by Israel’s Ministry of Health. The department has been outfitted to meet the medical and non-medical needs of patients in Northern Israel, and is designed to maximize the safety and wellbeing of both patients and staff. March 11,
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Rambam Chosen by Health Ministry to Treat Coronavirus Patients
The administration and staff at Rambam Health Care Campus are ready to meet the challenge of treating patients with coronavirus, following a special request from Israel’s Ministry of Health to plan for this possibility. Rambam expects and is prepared to play a key role in caring for these patients. Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak,
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Rambam Strengthens Ties with The Jewish Agency
Representatives from Rambam Health Care Campus’s administration met with The Jewish Agency’s Chairman in Jerusalem to discuss cooperation. In recent years, Rambam Health Care Campus, the largest hospital in Northern Israel, has become a place of interest in various parts of the world. Due to Rambam’s representation by various Friends Associations throughout the world and
