A Farewell to Porf. Zeev Rotstein at Sheba Medical Center

The day finally arrived. Today, in the framework of one of Sheba's quarterly management and senior staff forums, Prof. Rotstein's life's work at the hospital was celebrated during a special farewell event.
Minister of Health MK Yaakov Litzman, Moshe Bar Siman Tov – Director General of the Ministry of Health, Yisrael Zinger - Mayor of Ramat Gan, and Prof. Mordechai Shani, former director of the hospital and president of Sheba's Research Fund, shared their personal experiences with the audience and painted a vivid picture of the illustrious person, Prof. Zeev Rotstein, who served the hospital for the last 36 years, and for the past 12 years as its director and CEO.
The unexpected and surprise element of this event was the appearance of Israel's 9th President, Mr. Shimon Peres. Mr. Peres is presently hospitalized again at Sheba' Heart Center with temporary heart rate irregularities, after he suffered a mild heart attack less than two weeks ago related to a blocked artery. At that time, he was immediately taken to the catheterization theater, the blockage was successfully removed, and he was released after 4 days feeling well.
 
Former President Peres, accompanied by his personal physician, Sheba's Prof. Rafi Walden, had taken an hour off from his hospitalization at the Heart Center to honor Prof. Rotstein with his presence and to talk about Sheba, its development over the years, and his sincere appreciation of the three people who had headed this institution since its very beginning – Prof. Chaim Sheba, Prof. Mordechai Shani and Prof. Zeev Rotstein. After standing ovations, President Peres returned to his hospital bed.
One thing every one of the speakers had in common. They stressed the importance of the hospital for its huge patient population and were in complete agreement that Sheba Medical Center was the biggest and leading medical center in Israel.