Assaf HaRofeh Medical Center

Assaf HaRofeh Medical Center
Geography
Location Tzrifin, Israel
Organisation
Hospital type Teaching
Affiliated university Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine
Services
Beds 800
History
Founded 1918
Links
Website ahmc.netguide.co.il
Lists Hospitals in Israel

Assaf HaRofeh Medical Center, also known as Assaf HaRofeh Hospital, is a hospital located on 60 acres (24 ha), 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Tel Aviv, Israel.[1]

History

The Medical Center is named after Asaph the Jew, author of the Oath of Asaph and an early medical text.[2][3] The facility was establihed in 1918 as a military hospital of the British Army in the closing days of the First World War.[2] After the creation of the State of Israel, it was converted to an Israeli hospital.[2]

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.[4]

Services

It is one of Israel's largest hospitals, with 800 beds.[1][5] It serves over 370,000 people in Central Israel.[1][5] As a teaching facility, the hospital is part of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University.[1] On its grounds are the first and largest Israeli academic nursing school and the oldest Israeli school of physiotherapy.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Assaf Harofeh Medical Center – About AHMC". Ahmc.netguide.co.il. Archived from the original on November 13, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Assaf Harofeh Medical Center". Ahmc.netguide.co.il. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  3. ↑ Aaron Parry (2004). The complete idiot's guide to the Talmud. Penguin. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  4. ↑ Judy Siegal-Itzkovich. "Health Scan; Defeating the Disease". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  5. 1 2 Josef Woodman (2008). Patients Beyond Borders: Everybody's Guide to Affordable, World-Class Medical Travel. Retrieved November 11, 2011.

Coordinates: 31°57′59.76″N 34°50′23.21″E / 31.9666000°N 34.8397806°E / 31.9666000; 34.8397806

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