For the first time in Israel: a new ambulance that will allow cardiac arrest patients to be connected to ECMO in the pre-hospital setting The combined team of Magen David Adom and the Shamir Medical Center - began operating only recently, and has already saved the lives of several patients who suffered cardiac arrest.

Shamir Medical Center gets $8.8m. to expand cancer institute. The funds will rebuild and expand the hospital's existing outdated cancer institute so it can provide innovative multidisciplinary treatment.