R to L: Rabbi Ovadia Isakov, Prof. Pierre Singer, Head of the Intensive Care Unit at RMC and Dr. Ilya Kagan, Senior Physician
In critical condition, after being shot on Thursday July 25th, in Dagestan Russia, 40 year old Rabbi Ovadia Isakov, Chabad emissary and Chief Rabbi of Derbent, was flown to Rabin Medical Center for life saving medical treatment.
A special medical Trauma team awaited the ambulance and stabilized the Rabbi's condition before he was taken to surgery for internal injuries, mainly to his liver. He was then transferred to the hospital's Intensive Care Unit, which is directed by Prof. Pierre Singer.
His condition has since improved considerably; he is now breathing on his own and getting better every day.
Dr. Ilya Kagan, senior physician in the ICU, "It is truly exciting to see how the Rabbi is recuperating, after he was in such a serious, life threatening situation"
Among his many visitors was Rabbi David Lau, Israel’s newly elected Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi.
The Abe and Irene Pollin Award of Excellence was presented to
four staff members of Rabin Medical Center for outstanding excellence
in their work.
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.
Three years ago the Integrative Medicine Unit opened its doors at Rabin Medical Center's Davidoff Cancer Center, offering cancer patients complementary medicine therapies which can be combined with their conventional medical treatments, such as chemotherapy and radiation.