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Tuesday, October 10, 2023
Haifa hospital told to prepare in case of war on northern border
Renee Ghert-Zand is the health reporter and a feature writer for The Times of Israel.
Soldiers help set up hospital beds and equipment at the Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa. (Rambam)
The Health Ministry and the Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command orders Rambam Healthcare Campus in Haifa to be prepared for the event of an outbreak of war in the north of Israel.
Rambam is the designated care provider for most of the country’s north and all soldiers and civilians injured in wartime in the region.
The hospital is home to the Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital, a three-level, 2,000-bed facility designed for safe patient care under wartime conditions.
