HaEmek Medical Center

HaEmek Medical Center
Front view of the HaEmek Medical Center Campus
Geography
Location	Afula, Israel
Coordinates	32°37′15″N 35°18′57″E
Organisation
Type	District General, Teaching
Affiliated university	Rappaport Faculty of Medicine
Services
Beds	580
History
Opened	29 April 1930
Links
Lists	Hospitals in Israel

HaEmek Medical Center (Hebrew: מרכז רפואי העמק, Merkaz refu'i ha-Emek, lit. "The Valley Medical Center") is a regional hospital in the northern Israeli city of Afula.

Located in the central part of the Jezreel Valley (Emek Yizrael), the hospital is one in a network of hospitals owned and operated by Clalit Health Services, and is affiliated with the Technion's Rappaport Faculty of Medicine.

History

HaEmek Hospital in the 1930s

The origins of this medical institution date back to a design by Alexander Baerwald in 1924. The hospital was opened on April 29, 1930. In 1932 it was temporarily closed due to lack of funds. Through the years the hospital gradually grew into one of the biggest medical facilities in Israel. Nowadays the hospital serves about 700,000 residents of the adjacent region. The hospital has about 1,900 employees.

The hospital is located at an altitude of about 500 meters northeast of Afula, off of Highway 65.

The hospital is said to be a place of Arab-Israeli co-existence, and the two peoples work closely together.

See also

• Health care in Israel

External links

• HaEmek Medical Center (official site)