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Nine staff members at Rambam Hospital ER were exposed to Corona patient and sent for isolation | Israel Today

2020-03-20T19:43:41.387Z


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The patient arrived in Haifa due to trauma and minor injuries • Among the staff: a doctor and four brothers and sisters

  • Staff treated a wounded who turned out to be a Corona patient \\ Archive: Coco

Nine staff members at Rambam Hospital were sent to the hospital on Friday evening for isolation after it emerged they were exposed to a trauma and minor injury, and it turned out to be a Corona patient.

The patient himself was transferred after being identified as a patient to the Corona Department. Among the nine sent for isolation: one doctor, four brothers and sisters, two X-ray technicians and two transport personnel.

Earlier this evening, it was learned that five medical personnel at Hillel Yaffe Hospital in Hadera had treated without protection a patient who was subsequently diagnosed with coronary disease, and were sent for isolation.

The five staff members worked in the internal department of the medical center, which is defined for patients with respiratory illness. They helped care for a patient who was hospitalized in the morning. After the woman's diagnosis, she was transferred to a dedicated department for confirmed patients with the virus. All other medical personnel who came into contact with her were protected. Her family members were notified about the issue and were placed in solitary confinement.

To date, 12 Hillel beautiful medical patients are being hospitalized for the corona virus. Eleven of them are in mild condition and one is in moderate condition. There has also been improvement in the patient in a moderate condition and now a mild condition.

The Ministry of Health announced today that the number of corona virus patients in Israel has risen to 705. Of these, 12 are in hard mode, 16 are in moderate mode and 662 are in light mode. Also, 15 of them have recovered. Of the total number of patients, 271 are hospitalized, 149 are hospitalized, 58 are in the hotel, and 212 patients have not yet been admitted to hospital.

Source: israelhayom

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