Rambam Health Care Campus

Rambam Hospital - The new building

The Rambam Health Care Campus (Hebrew: רמב"ם - הקריה הרפואית לבריאות האדם, known as Rambam Hospital) is a hospital in the Bat Galim neighborhood of Haifa, Israel. Established in 1938, it is the largest medical center in northern Israel. It is named for the 12 century physician-philosopher Rabbi Moshe Ben-Maimon (Maimonides), known as the Rambam.

Rambam Hospital serves as a referral medical center, employing a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment. Some 75,000 people are hospitalized there every year, and another 500,000 are treated in its outpatient clinics and medical institutes. The Technion's medical school is located adjacent to the hospital.

History

Plaque of Maimonides, Rambam Hospital

Rambam Hospital, originally called the Haifa Municipal Hospital, was established in 1938 by the British Mandatory Government. Bauhaus architect Erich Mendelsohn was commissioned to design the building on a half-moon shaped headland at the foot of Mount Carmel, northwest of Haifa Port. After the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the hospital was renamed for the Rambam.