Dr. Galia Barkai told "Israel Today" about the patients' arrival at the Sheba Hospital Special Isolation Center • "The patients arrived in alarm - taught them to perform a remote examination"
Dr. Galia Barkai, Infectious Disease Specialist // Photo: Shiba Hospital
Corona's panic arrived in Israel last week when the nationals returned from visits abroad carrying the virus. Now, "Israel Today," Dr. Galia Barkai, an infectious disease specialist in charge of Sheba medicine and innovation, tells us about the experience of Corona patients in Israel.
"The two patients who came from the north came in quite frightened. They didn't just have to arrive in an MDA ambulance inside an incubator. The trip was stressful for them, the evacuation was unpleasant and later on into an isolated small room. But I understand that they are just fine. Teach them to use remote testing technology. Their physical examination is normal and no physical examination was necessary, but only remotely, "Barkai said
Barkai describes the atmosphere of the Sabbath among the patients and says: "On Friday evening, all those staying at the Sabbath reception complex communicated with each other during a video call by UNIT technology and talked to the caretaker staff who were in a tent outside the isolation complex."
"One of the stayers reviewed this week's affair and the atmosphere was smiling and festive and the staff received a fruit tray in recognition of the isolated families." Their group gathered for Shabbat. One of them prepared something about this week's affair. We also had to hear the therapist and answer medical questions and other questions about what awaited them and then there was a sanctification of the therapist team, "Barkai said.
Sheba isolation center train // Photo: Coco
Regarding the condition of the patient from Iris, she said that "he had flu symptoms and upon receipt, a physician who gave him fluids came in. The rest of the patients do not have direct contact with them. But we are prepared and if anyone deteriorates and we need a more in-depth clinical evaluation - we will put a staff member in. Who are in a stable state prefer to do everything remotely using the technologies. "
The Shiba isolation complex is ready to receive up to 30 patients if required and in addition to the hospital there are under pressure isolation rooms in one of the internal wards, if additional infections are needed.
"Corona Remote Care Infrastructure"
About the patients from Japan, Barkai said: "They are a cohesive group. Some also know and we invest a great deal in their mental health. They all talk to our social workers and assist with a team at Unital who bring them mood-enhancing activities like yoga, mindfulness and conversations with a group mentor they particularly love.
"They haven't been home for over a month trying to make contact with each other and their family. Their mood is just fine. We are strengthening them and coming out stronger," Barkai added. According to her, the experience in the treatment of distance medicine presupposes an infrastructure for the treatment of remote patients even later, and after the corona epidemic ends.
Dr. Barkai Shiba // Photo: Shiba Hospital
"I think it's a unique situation we have never experienced. To hospitalize people in isolation without human contact. Our DNA as doctors is to touch and feel people and we are now experiencing a different kind of experience to concentrate on people and do everything remotely. We learned a lot from that as the event unfolds. More challenges. This is a very instructive and personally challenging period. We will leave with many insights for the future and the next epidemics. "
Regarding dealing with the virus was updated: "I suppose the virus is here and there are other people with symptoms or minor symptoms that we will not surpass and they will be the source of the next infection. Like all of us we watched the corona virus come to Israel and we try to slow its rate of spreading so that we do not like China Our goal right now is to stop the chain of infection and not prevent it. "