Assaf Harofeh hospital renamed for Yitzhak Shamir
It was previously named after the eminent, fifth-century Jewish-Israeli physician Assaf Ben Brachiahu, who is regarded as the “Jewish Hippocrates.”
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Ya’acov Litzman unveil the plaque for Tzrifin’s Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center yesterday, along with members of the Shamir family.(photo credit: KOBI GIDEON/GPO)Updated: 
