Medical Corps (Israel)

The Medical Corps (Hebrew: חֵיל הָרְפוּאָה‎, Heil HaRfu'a) is an Israel Defense Forces corps responsible for providing healthcare services and medical treatment and instruction to all levels of the IDF.

Medical Corps

History

During wars or emergencies, the Medical Corps also assumes authority over the civilian healthcare system in Israel. The corps attends to the planning, organization, and supervision over the preparedness of the healthcare system to face crises. As of 2014, the corps is headed by Brigadier General Dr. Dudu Dagan. Its headquarters are located in Tel HaShomer.

Flag of the Division

Structure
A soldier receives medical aid
Memorial in Haifa

The Medical Corps is divided into six brigade- or battalion-level units:

  • Medical Organization Division
  • Medical Division
  • Bahad 10 – The training base and Military Medicine Academy
  • Mental Health Division
  • Dental Health Division
  • Medical Services Center, headed by a colonel, is the corps's main operational unit, consisting of four regional medical service centers.

Commanders
NameTerm
Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Chaim Sheba 1948–1949
Colonel Dr. Avraham Atzmon 1949–1956
Colonel Prof. Baruch Padeh 1956–1962
Brigadier General Dr. Eliyahu Gilon 1962–1967
Brigadier General Dr. Reuven Adler 1967–1972
Brigadier General Dr. Moshe Cordoba 1972–1975
Brigadier General Prof. Dan Michaeli 1975–1979
Brigadier General Prof. Eran Dolev 1979–1983
Brigadier General Dr. Moshe Revach 1983–1987
Brigadier General Prof. Yehuda Danon 1987–1991
Brigadier General Dr. Michael Weiner 1991–1994
Brigadier General Dr. Joshua Shemer 1994–1997
Brigadier General Prof. Aryeh Eldad 1997–1999
Brigadier General Dr. Giora Martinovich 1999–2002
Brigadier General Dr. Hezi Levi 2002–2007
Brigadier General Dr. Nachman Ash 2007–2011
Brigadier General Prof. Yitshak Kreiss 2011–2014
Brigadier General Dr. Dudu Dagan 2014–2017
Brigadier General Dr. Tarif Bader 2017–present
gollark: Technologically speaking.
gollark: I can't really think of things going *backward* except maybe nuclear power.
gollark: And there's all the random incremental gains in background things which are hard to notice, and advancements in biology.
gollark: I feel like "we have constant access to basically all human knowledge and communication with everyone" is actually quite significant, though.
gollark: I wasn't alive then.

See also
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.