Haifa, May 28 -- The Rambam Health Care Campus, northern Israel's largest medical centre and a major Level-1 trauma and academic hospital, has provided a detailed account of how its fortified underground hospital was designed and activated to function as a large-scale emergency medical centre during wartime conditions.

Built after the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war, the underground complex is designed to operate as a fully self-sustaining hospital capable of accommodating up to 2000-2200 patients. In normal times, it serves as a parking structure, but it can be rapidly converted into a 2,000-bed wartime hospital within 72 hours, in emergencies, including scenarios involving chemical and biological threats.

Speaking to ANI, Rambam Health Care C...