The Barzilai Medical Centre is a 500 bed general governmental hospital and a level II trauma centre. It also has its own school of Nursing and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

Dr. Waismann opened the ANR center in the Barzilai hospital. The unit is located in the neurological department but functions as an independent unit with all the medical facilities needed. The ANR unit is part of the anaesthetic department and is supported by all its personal and technical infrastructure.