Operation Roaring Lion:
The Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital

Operation Roaring Lion: Haifa & Rambam Under Attack

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5 April

• Four outstanding Rambam female staff members honored by the Ministry of Health

1 April

• More than 400 patients, visitors, and staff members celebrate Passover underground in what is likely the largest ever Passover celebration in a fortified underground space

30 March

• Some 250 children enrolled in Rambam's daycare center in the Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital, celebrate Passover with a communal Seder

25 March

• President of the State of Israel, Isaac Herzog and First Lady, Michal Herzog visit wounded soldiers at Rambam

• IDF Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir tours Rambam and visits injured soldiers and civilians

24 March

• Injured soldier airlifted to Rambam during Minister of Health Haim Katz visit to Rambam

19 March

• Dr. Michal Mekel speaks to Channel 12 during missile attack

18 March

• Support hotline for expectant and new mothers opens at Rambam

17 March

• Critical biological research samples transferred to fortified facility

15 March

• Israel's i24 news channel takes viewers directly inside the Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital

12 March

• Rambam strengthens emergency medical services in Kiryat Shmona amidst Operation Roaring Lion

10 March

• Children attending the underground daycare center prepare letters to IDF soldiers

9 March

• The Minister of Heritage, MK Amichay Eliyahu, visited the Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital where he met injured soldiers, other patients, and offers support to the medical staff 

6 March

• Safwan Marich, Director of Emergency, Security, and Minority Affairs at the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, visits Rambam

5 March

• Corneal transplant performed under missile threat

• Rambam and the Home Front Command successfully completed a coordinated emergency drill on campus.

4 March

• Today, 2 wounded soldiers are airlifted by helicopter to Rambam. Their condition is described as stable.

• As of today, more than 920 patients—including those transferred from other regional hospitals—are hospitalized in the Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital. An additional 166 patients are being treated in other fortified areas across the hospital.

• Rambam staff stranded abroad arrive aboard a ship via a special rescue mission facilitated by ZIM Integrated Shipping Serves.

3 March

• Nursery for children ages 0-3 opens underground

• Emotional support services are initiated for Rambam staff

• Patients and staff celebrate Purim underground

2 March

• The fortified underground daycare center for children of Rambam staff opens and welcomes 240 children. Special thanks to Haifa Municipality for their assistance.

• Missiles over Rambam - staff run for shelter in the fortified underground hospital and other fortified areas across the campus

• Relocation of dialysis patients is completed

1 March

• Patients from Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera, together with dialysis patients from Assuta Hospital are being relocated

• The underground daycare center for children of hospital staff is being readied for tomorrow's opening.

• Since Saturday, 17 infants have been born at Rambam, including four delivered by cesarean section

​28 February

• Patients from Fliman Geriatric Center and Carmel Medical Center are relocated underground.

• 700 Rambam patients are transferred to the underground hospital and fortified areas across the campus.  The Israel Navy and Home Front Command lend a hand.

• The Underground Emergency Hospital is readied for patient transfer

• The underground parking lot is cleared to make way for the  Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital

• Emergency room services continue to be provided

• Rambam springs into emergency mode

• 8:13am - The first air-raid sirens are heard over Haifa and Rambam

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