Assaf HaRofeh Medical Center
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| 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]
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