Ziv Medical Center

Ziv Medical Center (also Rebecca Sieff Hospital) (|) is a general hospital in Safed, Israel, that serves the residents of Safed, the Upper Galilee and the northern Golan Heights. Ziv Medical Center has 370 beds and serves as a regional trauma center in the event of accidents, natural disasters, terror attacks and war. It is also serves as a teaching hospital associated with the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University which is also located in Safed. The hospital also operates an urgent care center in Kiryat Shmona. The maternity ward and pediatrics unit are the hospital's major departments. In 2007, there were 2,900 births (an average of 8 births a day) and 3,000 children were admitted to the pediatrics unit. The neonatal ICU and the Child Development Center offer health care for babies and children together with a team of medical clowns. The Accident and Emergency Department treated over 60,000 patients in 2007 and its trauma unit played an important role in the 2006 Lebanon War. During the 2006 Lebanon War, the hospital suffered a direct rocket hit, which caused damage to the infrastructure, as well as injuring five patients, 2 doctors and two other staff members. After the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War, the hospital treated Syrians injured in the fighting, with an estimated 9 million dollars invested in treating Syria

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