Since the beginning of the second closure, hospital workers have been left without a solution for their young children. • Doctors: "Reinforcement in the form of female teachers is not now available to us"
Medical and nursing staffs in hospitals in Israel warn: Parents of young children working in the health system - there is no solution for them since the beginning of the second closure.
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The closure of the education system has led to parents who are members of medical staff in Israeli hospitals having nowhere to leave their children.
The managements of the medical institutions try to find local solutions - not always successful.
The problem is especially acute among parents of infants, who find it difficult to adapt to non-permanent settings.
Lana Yosef (35), an intern at the A boarding school in Assuta Ashdod, has three daughters aged two, four and six.
"There are all kinds of partial solutions in some hospitals. They tried to go towards us and open frameworks. The frameworks are from the age of three, but until the age of three there is no solution. They did not learn lessons from the first closure. It doesn't help our working hours. "
Yosef is a member of the "Prescription" interns' organization, which struggles to open frameworks for the children of the medical staff.
"My husband is a vital worker and we share. There is a huge load in the wards. Some of the doctors go into isolation, some study for the first stage of the internship test. These days I need a lot in the ward. Usually we are between ten and 12 doctors and we are only four or five. ".
"The brothers and sisters do not have to deal with the impossible situation in which they have to decide between caring for patients and caring for their children," wrote Ilana Cohen, chairwoman of the Nurses' Federation to the director general of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Hezi Levy.
She called on him to promote an outline that would allow for frameworks for their children.
Dr. Zeev Feldman, chairman of the State Physicians' Association, also filed a complaint, this time with Health Minister Edelstein and Education Minister Galant: "The support we received from the first closure from the Ministry of Defense We must continue to bear the burden and provide answers to all the tasks and challenges. "