On Oct. 6, 2010, Consul General Andrew Parker, ICE Attaché Rich Jolles, and Consular Agent Jonathan Friedland visited the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa as guests of Dr. Shlomo Israelit, M.D., the acting director of the emergency department. The campus is northern Israel’s largest hospital and one of the premier Level 1 trauma centers in the world.
“I was impressed by the capacity of the hospital to act as an exemplar of emergency medicine in peacetime,” Parker said. “Especially the potential to transform into an Intensive Care Unit capable of dealing with mass casualties during a variety of emergencies, such as the recent Carmel forest fire.”
Many American tourists arriving from cruise trips have been treated at the facility for heart issues and neurological problems. Additionally, American sailors and marines who have taken ill near Haifa have been treated at the hospital, sometimes airlifted from U.S. carriers.
Last October, workers began pouring the concrete foundation for an expansion that will transform the center into the world’s largest underground emergency hospital.
“I was impressed by the capacity of the hospital to act as an exemplar of emergency medicine in peacetime,” Parker said. “Especially the potential to transform into an Intensive Care Unit capable of dealing with mass casualties during a variety of emergencies, such as the recent Carmel forest fire.”
Many American tourists arriving from cruise trips have been treated at the facility for heart issues and neurological problems. Additionally, American sailors and marines who have taken ill near Haifa have been treated at the hospital, sometimes airlifted from U.S. carriers.
Last October, workers began pouring the concrete foundation for an expansion that will transform the center into the world’s largest underground emergency hospital.
