Shamir Medical Center
| Shamir Medical Center | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Be'er Ya'akov, Israel |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Teaching |
| Affiliated university | Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine |
| Services | |
| Beds | 891[1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1918 |
| Links | |
| Website | www.shamir.org |
| Lists | Hospitals in Israel |
Shamir Medical Center, formerly Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, is a hospital located on 60 acres (24 ha), 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southeast of Tel Aviv, Israel.[2]
History[edit]
The Medical Center was named after Asaph the Jew, author of the Oath of Asaph and an early medical text.[3][4] The facility was established in 1918 as a military hospital of the British Army in the closing days of the First World War.[3] It was located adjacent to the sprawling British military base in Tzrifin (Sarafand). After the creation of the State of Israel, it was converted to an Israeli hospital.[3]
In July 2008, Israeli Olympic fencer Delila Hatuel underwent treatment in the hyperbaric oxygen chamber at the hospital to speed healing from a torn anterior cruciate ligament. She was able to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing the following month.[5]
The hospital was renamed after the former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir in April 2017.
Services[edit]
It is one of Israel's largest hospitals, with over 800 beds.[6][7] It serves over 370,000 people in Israel's Central District.[6][7] As a teaching facility, the hospital is part of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University.[6] On its grounds are the first and largest Israeli academic nursing school and the oldest Israeli school of physiotherapy.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Table 10: Listed Hospitalization Beds by Institution and Department – General Hospitalization Institutions". מיטות אשפוז ועמדות ברישוי [Hospitalization Beds and Licensing Counters] (PDF) (Report) (in Hebrew). Israel Ministry of Health. January 2020. p. 24. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
- ^ "Assaf Harofeh Medical Center – About AHMC". Ahmc.netguide.co.il. Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Assaf Harofeh Medical Center". Ahmc.netguide.co.il. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
- ^ Aaron Parry (2004). The complete idiot's guide to the Talmud. Penguin. ISBN 9781440696176. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
- ^ Judy Siegal-Itzkovich. "Health Scan; Defeating the Disease". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Assaf Harofeh Medical Center – About AHMC". Ahmc.netguide.co.il. Archived from the original on November 30, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
- ^ a b Josef Woodman (2008). Patients Beyond Borders: Everybody's Guide to Affordable, World-Class Medical Travel. ISBN 9780982336106. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
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Coordinates: 31°57′59.76″N 34°50′23.21″E / 31.9666000°N 34.8397806°E