12 OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT The Center deploys medical teams to disaster areas and emergency situations—comprised of Sheba personnel as well as volunteers from other centers and organizations in Israel and overseas. As part of its deployments, the Center is currently in the process of developing the capability to transport, assemble and operate a full 昀椀eld hospital (classi昀椀ed by WHO as a Type 2 Emergency Medical Team), which will be ready for deployment in disaster zones worldwide. This 昀椀eld hospital can also be used in disaster preparedness on the home front, set up on the grounds of Sheba, or any other center in Israel, in the occurrence of a major event with extensive damage to hospital infrastructure. In fact, this capability allowed Sheba Medical Center to lead the initial response in Israel to the COVID-19 outbreak, establishing the 昀椀rst COVID-designated treat- ment facility in the country. HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE As testament to Sheba’s value of providing medical care to anyone, anywhere, the Center is involved in humanitarian medical response projects worldwide, sending critical medical care to those in need. Recent activities include, amongst many