Overview
- The underground complex beneath Assuta’s Ramat HaHayal campus is operationally equipped to house roughly 200 inpatients.
- Over the past two months, teams installed medical gas, electricity and communications systems to enable activation upon government order.
- The facility is designated to receive patients moved from public hospitals that lack adequate fortification during missile threats or national emergencies.
- Assuta previously maintained care using fortified above‑ground operating rooms, which supported complex surgeries during Operation Rising Lion.
- Officials frame the move as a policy shift that integrates private hospitals into Israel’s emergency response, reflecting lessons from Swords of Iron and Operation Rising Lion.