Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler
HAIFA, Northern Israel, Dec 16 2010 (IPS) – At the Rambam medical centre here in Israel s third largest city just 30 odd kilometres from Lebanon, they are working around the clock, racing against time.
Israel is building the largest underground emergency hospital in the world. The 100 million dollar project is slated for completion in May 2012.
It is part of a national effort aimed at protecting hospitals against what officials hope medical emergency facilities will not ever have to endure a conventional, chemical, or biological missile attack.
Ariye Berkovitz, head of the Rambam engineering department, supervises the unusual project: There s no such structure anywhere in the whole world. In regular times, this will serve …
Rousbeh Legatis interviews REINOU GROEN of Surgeons OverSeas
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 12 2011 (IPS) – Surgery saves the lives of millions of people around the world, but only a tiny percentage of them live in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where a shortage of skills, supplies and infrastructure can turn easily treatable accidents and illnesses into lifelong disabilities and even death.
Reinou Groen Credit: Courtesy of Surgeons OverSeas
The world s poorest receive only four percent of all major surgical operations worldwide, while 75 percent of surgeries …