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Finance and Health Summarized: Another 2,400 Standards for Nurses and Physicians Israel today

2020-07-21T10:31:19.874Z


| healthReinforcement of 2,000 nurses and 400 doctors - these are part of the agreements between the Ministries of Finance and Health against the background of the strike • At 21:00, the meeting of the Finance Ministry with the representatives of the nurses began Photo:  Eyal Margolin - Ginny (Archive) On the way to ending the nurses' strike? The Ministries of Health and Finance have agreed to reinfor...


Reinforcement of 2,000 nurses and 400 doctors - these are part of the agreements between the Ministries of Finance and Health against the background of the strike • At 21:00, the meeting of the Finance Ministry with the representatives of the nurses began

  • Photo: 

    Eyal Margolin - Ginny (Archive)

On the way to ending the nurses' strike? The Ministries of Health and Finance have agreed to reinforce 2,000 nurses - 1,600 of them will be allocated to hospitals and the rest to HMOs - along with an addition of 400 standards for doctors in two beats. Tonight, another meeting is expected between representatives of the Ministry of Finance and the Histadrut of Nurses and Brothers regarding the strike.

According to the joint announcement of the two ministries, Ministers Yuli Edelstein and Israel Katz have agreed on the addition of 700 administrative and health care workers, who will be assigned to the corona departments.

The nurses' strike has begun // Photo: Shmuel Buharis

"This is a reinforcement of manpower equivalent to an additional eight years, in order to enable optimal preparation of the health system with the challenges of the corona and the coming winter," the statement said.

An additional billions of shekels have also been agreed for the treatment of Corona. "The addition will allow the Ministry of Health to prepare for the rate of corona examinations as required by Health Minister Edelstein of up to 60,000 a day for the winter," the statement said. "As part of this amount, resources will be allocated for the purchase of influenza vaccines and investment in technological infrastructure, including digitization of medical services for the health funds that will improve medicine remotely and reduce the risk to patients."

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• Negotiations with the nurses: the demands and disputes

Health Minister Edelstein said: "The health system has been starved for generations. We have worked to quickly correct the depth problems created in the system and significantly strengthen the treatment of the corona. We have determined that health is above all. her.

"This is not the end, but it is a good start to strengthening the medical system in Israel, the system with the best people in the world, which is recognized as a national priority. This is a message to citizens, doctors and nurses ".

Finance Minister Israel Katz: "We are in a health emergency, so I acted quickly to bring about a quick solution. There is no doctor available and there will be no nurse available who will not be able to work during this period due to a budget that will not work. I am full of appreciation to the medical staffs and nurses and nurses and all the members of the health system for the great dedication and the sacred work they do. This solution will lead to more efficient work and will help the medical staff and the citizens of the country. "

Source: israelhayom

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