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War of Attrition Underground: A Day for the Fighting Corona | Israel today

2020-09-27T08:33:08.402Z


| healthSilent patients in beds, teams working around the clock to save lives and a "farewell window" for the families of their loved ones: In the "Corona parking lot" at Beilinson Hospital, the atmosphere is difficult and challenging • "Dreaming of returning home" Corona Department at Beilinson Hospital // Photo: Yossi Zeliger An atmosphere of war is evident from the first step in the underground park


Silent patients in beds, teams working around the clock to save lives and a "farewell window" for the families of their loved ones: In the "Corona parking lot" at Beilinson Hospital, the atmosphere is difficult and challenging • "Dreaming of returning home"

  • Corona Department at Beilinson Hospital // Photo: Yossi Zeliger

An atmosphere of war is evident from the first step in the underground parking lot of Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, which was converted into the Corona ward about a week ago.

The beds waiting for the patients who are expected to arrive, the technical workers' struggle to improve the air conditioning in the dim and stuffy location, and the "farewell window" in front of which is a bed for the next patient to die and his family to say goodbye to him - are silent and gloomy evidence of the word "plague."

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"The suffering from the symptoms of the damn disease that has taken over me and the world is only part of the inner suffering of the equally severe loneliness," says P., 67, from Petah Tikva, a grandmother of three who is hospitalized there.

"I'm not talking to any of the other patients, I'm here in my corner, each of us like that. Missing family, feeling imprisoned. The only moments that lift you are to see how the medical staff does everything to heal you," says P. in a whisper.

Each patient in the ward is bedridden, not making eye contact with another.

Anyone who can scan his cell phone over and over again, desperately seeks contact with the outside world.

Feel a little alive, even if virtual. 

E., in his 50s, from the center of the country, has been hospitalized in the ward for a week.

"I miss my four children," he gasps from the physical and mental pain.

"I received the news hard that I am a verified patient, because I am very careful and follow the guidelines."

"Shouting at each other"

In stark contrast to the resounding silence of most inpatients, through the glass and protective hoods - the tones of the medical staff rise.

No designers, it's just hard to hear each other through the "space uniform".

"Those who work in corona intensive care work by choice for more hours, the difference in the work itself with corona disease is physically dramatic," says Dr. Zohar Tradler (43) from Tel Aviv.





To his sense, "After ten minutes of wrapping up as a space man, you begin to experience the physical load. The amount of carbon dioxide you burn into yourself in the mask, sweating and body heat inside the suit and also the hearing impaired as a result of the shielding - causes the crew to raise their voice, sometimes even shout To medical action, to hear who is next to you. "

Surprising to find that after an exhausting 26-hour shift, Dr. Treadler is as full of sparkle in his eyes - at least ostensibly - as the rest of his ward colleagues.

Complex procedures

"Beyond the medical challenge that we still learn every day, there is also the technical challenge," the doctor illustrates.

"For example," explains Dr. Treadler, "yesterday at 1:30 at night I was called to" transfer a patient from the respirator in a respirator mask with an anesthetic tube in the trachea, followed by inserting a central transfusion catheter into a large blood vessel in the neck and then performing an operation on his abdomen while anesthetized. "









Source: israelhayom

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