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Despite Efforts, AIDS is on the Rise in Israel
Since September of 2018, 90 more patients have been diagnosed. AIDS patients admitted to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa doubled between the years of 2008 and 2017, according to a study published in honor International AIDS Day. The majority of the 136 AIDS patients were immigrants from Ethiopia (37 percent) and the former Soviet Union (29 percent). Since September of 2018, 90 more patients have been diagnosed. The report also found that 60 of those patients were…
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Joining with People of Conscience the World Over
Healing the soul, healing the body. We carry that legacy forward, knowing that it takes more than medicine to heal wounds. Joining with people of conscience the world over, the slaughter of Jewish worshipers in Pittsburgh has left the Rambam Medical Center family deeply shaken and profoundly saddened. Our CEO, Prof. Rafael Beyar, who was in America at the time, immediately ordered the flags at Rambam to be lowered to half-staff in honor of the…
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Rambam Lowers Flags to Half-Staff to Honor Victims in Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting
Haifa, Israel, October 27, 2018…Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa has lowered its flags to half-staff to honor the victims in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania synagogue shooting in which 11 people were murdered. Professor Rafi Beyar, CEO and Director of Rambam issued the following statement: On behalf of the entire Rambam family, in Israel and around the globe, I want to express our shock and sadness at the tragic murder of worshippers gathered for Shabbat services…
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The GPS of Orthopedic Surgery
The use of new technology combining optical navigation, computer processing, and special positioning sensors used airplanes for space orientation recently entered the operating room at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa. The surgical procedure, which has been carried out to date approximately 50 times globally, was first performed in Israel during hip replacement surgery with the help of Swiss development which, according to specialists, can significantly improve surgical accuracy and results. Izolda Shuster, a 66-year-old…
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Rambam: The Internal Medicine Revolution is On the Way
A new, advanced ultrasound device is now being used in the Department of Internal Medicine at Rambam Health Care Campus. This Philips-designed portable device was donated by two patients and their families to assist the medical team in providing rapid and accurate diagnoses of serious medical conditions. One of the first patients treated using the new ultrasound device was “S.”, a 70-year-old woman from the Haifa region. She was recently hospitalized in the department, suffering…
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Global Center for Medical Innovation to Partner with Rambam
Rambam Health Care Campus of Haifa and the Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI) – an affiliate of the Georgia Institute of Technology — are partnering to start a med-tech incubator for Israeli-based companies in Atlanta. GCMI, along with Rambam doctors and specialists from various fields, will provide advice and consultation to Israeli companies at the new Biomedical and Digital Health Innovation Center to help them obtain funding, navigate commercialization and regulatory clearance and other…
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New Year, New Underground Radiation Therapy Wing, New Construction—Benefitting the People of Northern Israel
With the start of the Jewish New Year, this month also marks the start of a new construction boom at Rambam Health Care Campus. Starting it off is the completion of a new Radiation Therapy Wing of the Joseph Fishman Oncology Center. Construction is also in full swing for the new Eyal Ofer Heart Hospital and will commence shortly on the Helmsley Health Discovery Tower. Just one week before Israel celebrated a New Year, Rambam…
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Rambam Team Conducts CPR Workshops in Kenya
A senior staff delegation from the Ruth Rappaport Children’s Hospital at the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel, recently visited Nakuru, Kenya, where they held an advanced CPR course for local medical and nursing staff. The course, which included lectures, simulations and individual training, was conducted through the mediation and initiative of Prof. Ruth Margalit, who is responsible for Global Medicine at the Technion -Israel Institute of Technology. “In the past, we held similar…
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Rambam Disaster Response Experts go into the Field to Treat Psychological Trauma
For the first time in Israel, Rambam inaugurated a psychological trauma unit in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, expanding the basket of health treatments for the northern population. Services include identifying trauma victims in the Emergency Room and treating them during and after hospitalization to strengthen their resilience to emergency situations. Rambam Health Care Campus, Northern Israel’s largest hospital and only Level I trauma center in the region, is recognized as a leading provider…
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Maintaining Good Ties: Isaac Herzog, Chairman of the Jewish Agency Visits Rambam
Isaac Herzog, Chairman of The Jewish Agency for Israel, made a working visit to Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa on Sunday, September 2. Herzog toured a number of points of interest in the hospital, accompanied by Rambam’s Director, Professor Rafi Beyar and Dr. Esty Golan, Managing Director of International Relations and Chief of Strategic Development. The tour included a visit to the Joan and Sanford Weill Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation in…
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New Research: Can Pomegranate Juice Reduce Brain Damage in Fetuses?
Drinking pomegranate juice, the kind found in any supermarket, could reduce the risk of embryos developing brain damage, according to a new joint study by researchers from Rambam Health Care Campus and the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology. A significant proportion of premature births occur due to infection, inflammation, or a combination of both, which develop in the mother’s womb. Inflammation is the body’s response…
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Exciting Research: Rambam Physicians Discover Causes of Kidney Injury in Near Drowning Victims
Rambam physicians discover that acute kidney injury is a common complication of near drownings, due to lack of oxygen and the fight-or-flight response. Their research points to men being at highest risk for this complication. According to the World Health Organization, drowning is the third leading cause of accidental death globally, with males especially susceptible. Drownings along Israel’s Mediterranean beaches occur frequently, approximately 60 annually, higher than in other Mediterranean countries. This summer’s recent surge…
