
9,019 BABIES WERE BORN
4,721 Boys and 4,298 Girls
264 Twins and 5 Triplets
129 INDIVIDUALS RCEIVIED A NEW LEASE ON LIFE
4 Heart Transplants
33 Lung Transplants
20 Liver Transplants
72 Kidney Transplants
4,671 INDIVUDALS RECEIVED A SECOND CHANCE
833 Heart Operations
3,835 Catheterizations
61 INDIVUALS RECEIVED LIFE SAVING BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS
37 From Their Own Cells
24 From a Donor
3,136 INVIDUALS OPENED THEIR EYES
119 Cornea Transplants
3,034 Cataract Operations
715,261 Outpatient Visits
161,160 ER Visits
13,800 MRI Exams
47,231 CT Exams
332,440 Days of Hospitalization
36,037 Surgeries were Performed
ALL OF THESE PATIENTS WERE TREATED BY THE 4,500 CARING, COMPASSIONATE STAFF AT THE RABIN MEDICAL CENTER
It was perhaps ironic that on the day that a special emergency exercise in the event of a chemical attack in a central neighborhood was held at Rabin Medical Center a real rocket fell in Beer Sheva showing the importance of always being prepared.
A group of researchers from Tel Aviv University has discovered how malignant tumors from melanoma, the deadly skin cancer, work. The group is led by a young lecturer and researcher, Dr. Carmit Levy.