L-R: Yoram Petruschka, Daniel Jusidman and Dr. Eyran Halpern
The Rabin Medical Center Emergency Department, a national Level One trauma center located in the highly populated center of Israel, had not been updated since the 1960s. In addition to providing critical lifesaving services in times of peace, no one could have imagined many years ago when the ER was first built that Israel would continue to suffer from a never-ending conflict with its Arab neighbors, one that would kill and injure citizens and soldiers in acts of terrorism.
Thanks to the wholehearted generosity of Mr. Daniel Jusidman, a new twenty-first century Emergency and Trauma Center will be built at Rabin Medical Center. Mr. Jusidman's donation will help establish The Daniel Jusidman Center for Emergency Medicine and Trauma, a new state-of-the-art facility that will significantly advance the emergency lifesaving services at Rabin Medical Center to meet current and future medical needs in a modern building equipped with the newest technological tools. Longtime friend of Rabin Medical Center and Israeli businessman Mr. Yoram Petruschka helped facilitate the contact between Mr. Jusidman and the hospital.
The total budget for the establishment of the new Center for Emergency Medicine and Trauma is slated at close to 20 million dollars. Additional funds beyond the donation will be provided by Clalit Health Services and the government of Israel. Other resources need to be secured by the generosity of Friends of the Hospital in Israel and abroad.
The project is being planned by American architect Jerry Switzer, of "Morris Switzer – Environments for Health" together with the Israeli architect Marcelo Brestovisky. The center will extend over an area of 16,400 square feet, four times the size of the current emergency facilities.
This new center will include:
Dr. Eyran Halpern, CEO of Rabin Medical Center said: "The Daniel Jusidman Center for Emergency Medicine and Trauma will be the most advanced in Israel and will afford the staff highly developed professional tools for the overall benefit of the patients. We sincerely thank Mr. Jusidman for his true generosity and support which will afford exceptional medical care for the people of Israel."
Last night was a great night for American Friends of Rabin Medical Center as AFRMC founder Arlene Strelitz and I represented all of us in Israel at the opening of the new 54,000 foot Jusidman Emergency and Trauma Center.
While all was still throughout Israel on Yom Kippur, Rabin Medical Center was busy saving lives by performing seven organ transplants in a period of only 48 hours.
Maayana Miskin, Arutz Sheva, Israel National News
Eight Israelis were given a second chance at life this week as doctors at Rabin Medical Center's Beilinson Hospital performed several complex transplant operations over just a few days.