The Ambassador of the State of Israel to Ethiopia, H.E. Mr. Raphael Morav, traveled to Mekelle in Tigray region to visit an Israeli Medical mission at the Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital.
The Medical mission headed by Prof. Abraham Lorber, Head of Pediatric Cardiology and Adults with Congenital Heart Disease at the Rabam Medical Center in Haifa, Israel, came to Ethiopia with the mission to train medical staff of the hospital in pediatric cardiology and perform surgeries.
Just in one week the medical mission treated 14 patients including 11 pediatric cases. Ambassador Morav’s visit came just a day after her life saving heart surgery. As Prof. Lorber explained, because of the cutting edge medical treatment provided, CORONARY BYPASS SURGERY (CABG) will not only get better but will not have surgery scars.
CABG allows blood to flow around a portion of a partially or fully blocked artery in the heart. This surgical procedure improves circulation by diverting the blood to flow through a different pathway to reach the heart and the procedure leaves no scars on the patients.
The Ambassador’s visit came to an end with a public lecture at the Mekelle University on “Innovation in Israeli Agriculture”. About 50 teaching staff members of the university, including MU President Prof Kindeya Gebrehiwot, attended the lecture.
Rambam Hospital, founded in 1938, is the largest multidisciplinary treatment and diagnostic center in the northern region of Israel. The medical center is named in honor of Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, an outstanding Jewish philosopher, doctor, and scholar of the Middle Ages. Rambam Medical Center is a state medical institution housing 36 hospitalization departments, 45 medical and diagnostic units, 10 institutes, and 6 laboratories. The Rambam Medical Center employs a total of 4,000 employees, 715 doctors, and 1,407 nurses. About 75,000 patients undergo inpatient treatment annually, and more than 500,000 patients are on outpatient supervision by specialists from various institutions and clinics. The Ruth Rappaport multidisciplinary children's medical center at Rambam Hospital provides medical services in all fields of pediatric medicine.