By Esther Korson<\/p>\n
It\u2019s known that Israel is an innovative nation, and so many wonderful things have been invented here in so many fields. Something happened last week that totally amazed me once again.<\/p>\n
Picture this: You drive one day to visit someone at Rambam hospital in Haifa and park your car in their huge underground parking garage. You leave at the end of the day\u2014but when you return 48 hours later, that very same parking lot has been transformed\u2014in only 48 hours\u2014into a fully operational hospital! It would amaze me, that\u2019s for sure!<\/p>\n
This week Rambam conducted a practice drill which converted the parking lot into a giant emergency room! It would be assembled quickly during a national emergency if the North were to come under fire in a future conflict. The need for a fortified complex emerged during the 2006 war with Hezbollah militia in Lebanon where thousands of rockets were fired into Northern Israel. Rambam was the leading treatment facility in the area and also the treatment facility for the wounded soldiers coming from the fierce battles in Lebanon. The hospital was truly saving lives but they realized at the same time that they were also vulnerable to loss of life due to the danger of missile attacks on the hospital facility itself. <\/p>\n