In the shadow of the burden on hospitals and the rise in morbidity, some executives are answering the issues that are bothering the public • The rate of positives yesterday: 15 percent
Against the background of the congestion in the hospitals:
Due to the serious morbidity in Israel and in the shadow of the corona cabinet meeting in order to establish a long-term plan to deal with the epidemic, several hospital department directors gathered today (Wednesday) to answer questions that bother the public.
Prof. Avishai Ellis, chairman of the Association of Internal Medicine and director of the internal medicine department at Beilinson Hospital, said: “We decided to report not from Excel tables but from the field.
Of the 111 inpatient wards, more than 40% were converted to corona wards.
"A total of about 50 inpatient wards have become corona wards and their number is increasing every day. Out of 111 inpatient wards, only 60 inpatient wards remain in which our critically ill patients are treated. The significance is tragic."
Prof. Alice added: "This is a reduction of 1,500 beds from the total number of internal medicine departments, which stands at about 3,000," and later emphasized that "politicians and the media do not understand the tragedy of the disappearance of beds and staff.
Misleading the public when describing the number of critically ill patients as a measure of the difficult situation. "
"Dealing with critically ill and dying patients is tragic and difficult, but it is a partial picture of the situation. What is hidden from the public and decision-makers is the drastic decline of hospitals to treat critically ill patients. We do not have enough doctors, nurses, hospital beds, wards and paramedics. "In private hospitals, we will not change the situation. Internal doctors are a specialty and not a list of equipment," Prof. Alice emphasized.
As mentioned, the current broadcast and question broadcaster takes place when the Corona Cabinet convenes at this time in order to establish a long-term plan for dealing with the plague.
The Prime Minister intends to present a three-stage plan according to which the policy will be implemented in the coming months.
Speakers who will take part in the broadcast: Prof. Avishai Ellis, Chairman of the Association of Internal Medicine and Director of the Internal Medicine Department at Beilinson, Dr. Hagit Yonath, Director of the Internal Medicine Department at Sheba Tel Hashomer, and since yesterday, partner in the management of Corona Intensive Care at Sheba "Routine" internal department at Rambam, and in March-April-May, the Corona Crown Internal Department and Prof. Dror Mevorach, Director of the Extensive Internal Department: - "Routine" + Corona, at two different sites in Hadassah.
At the same time, the Ministry of Health published this morning the data on corona morbidity in Israel.
According to the data, 4,949 new infections were identified yesterday in 34,352 tests.
The percentage of positive tests continues to be high at 15. In Israel, 1,589 patients are currently hospitalized.
810 in serious condition, of whom 205 are in respiratory condition, and 293 in moderate condition.
The death toll from the onset of the epidemic has risen to 1,547 and about half a dozen more people have died.
A total of 239,222 infected people have been identified in Israel so far, of whom 64,608 are active patients.
According to a disease data report published by the General Medicine Division of the Ministry of Health's Medical Division, occupancy in three hospitals in Israel - Hadassah, Kaplan and Assuta, has exceeded 100 percent and the wards are full. Occupancy at Galil Medical Center in Nahariya is 87 percent, at Ichilov 91%, the center Shamir-Assaf Medical Center with 89 percent and Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon with 96 percent, while 823 patients are hospitalized in critical condition, of whom 204 are respirated.The death toll since the outbreak of the virus in Israel stands at 1,544, of which 596 in September.
