| Rambam Health Care Campus | |
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Bat Galim, Haifa, Israel |
| Organisation | |
| Affiliated university | Rappaport Faculty of Medicine |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Level I trauma center |
| Beds | 2,000 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1938 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.rambam.org.il/Home+Page |
| Lists | Hospitals in Israel |
Rambam Health Care Campus (Hebrew: רמב"ם - הקריה הרפואית לבריאות האדם), or Rambam Hospital, is a hospital in the Bat Galim neighborhood of Haifa, Israel. The largest medical center in northern Israel and fifth largest in Israel[1], it is named for the 12th century physician-philosopher Rabbi Moshe Ben-Maimon (Maimonides), known as the Rambam.[2]
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Rambam Hospital serves as a referral medical center and Level I trauma center,[3] employing a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment. Some 75,000 people are hospitalized there every year, and another 500,000 are treated in its outpatient clinics and medical institutes.[2] The Technion's medical school is located adjacent to the hospital. The medical center has 36 departments with 1000 beds, 45 medical units, 9 institutes, 6 laboratories and 30 administrative and maintenance departments. Comprehensive services for all of northern Israel include trauma treatment, oncology, and neurosurgery.
As an academic hospital, it engages in teaching and research collaboration with the Technion's Rappaport Faculty of Medicine.[4] Meyer Children's Hospital, the only children's hospital dedicated exclusively to pediatric medicine in northern Israel, is located on the Rambam Health Care Campus. It was established in 1986 to treat children aged 0-16.[5]
Rambam Hospital was established in 1938 during the British Mandate. It was inaugurated by the High Commissioner of Palestine Sir Harold MacMichael as a 225-bed facility. It was originally known as the British Government Hospital of Haifa. [6] Bauhaus architect Erich Mendelsohn was commissioned to design the building on a half-moon shaped headland at the foot of Mount Carmel, northwest of Haifa Port. After the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the hospital was renamed for the Rambam.[7]
In October 2010 work began on a protected emergency underground hospital designed to withstand conventional, chemical, and biological attacks. The project includes a three-floor parking lot that can be transformed at short notice into a 2,000-bed hospital. The hospital will be able to generate its own power and store enough oxygen, drinking water and medical supplies for up to three days.[8]
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