Predictions for an unusual jump in patient numbers are coming true:
6,474 verified Corona were located from midnight to yesterday evening.
This is 5.71 percent of the 172,666 new tests.
According to these data, today the threshold of 7,000 new carriers and possibly even more will probably be crossed.
On the other hand, the number of hospitalized patients remains stable: in the corona wards, 108 patients are hospitalized in critical condition, of whom 35 are respirators.
Accordingly, the medical staffs at the various hospitals are already preparing for the difficult scenarios, especially in light of the simultaneous outbreak of influenza.
We went out to check what the deployment on the ground looked like.
At Rambam Hospital in Haifa, six corona patients are hospitalized in an isolated ward. As part of the preparation for the fifth wave, the hospital will be able to expand its hospitalization capacity to close to 100 adults in the same format as the previous wave Preparations for the ability to hospitalize children - up to 45 children at the request of the Ministry of Health, if indeed the current wave requires it.There is currently no plan to use the underground facility at the hospital again.
"We will work hard"
At Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon, eight corona patients are hospitalized, five in serious condition, one in moderate condition and two in mild condition.
"We are on the rise, we have been feeling this in recent days both in the emergency department and in the hospital," Prof. Yaniv Scherer, the hospital's deputy director, told Israel Today.
He said, "Most of the inpatients are not vaccinated. We are also at the height of winter, the internal wards are overcrowded with patients of winter illnesses like the flu."
Barzilai Hospital is fully occupied, and according to Prof. Scherer, there is no talk of maximum capacity.
"If there are many dozens of Corona patients, it will put even more strain on the hospital, it will require us to work harder. Of course we will not be able to treat 1,200 patients if we have 600 beds, but if we have to we will give the answer."
Corona Department at Soroka Hospital, Photo: Dudu Greenspan
At Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva, the situation is a little more encouraging.
"We are prepared to absorb hundreds of patients and open more corona wards, including increasing the volume of intensive care beds as needed," the hospital said after the increase in the number of patients in recent days.
As of yesterday, in the corona intensive care unit five patients are hospitalized, and in the corona ward 13 patients are hospitalized.
19 corona patients are hospitalized at Shamir Assaf Medical Center.
The condition of five is defined as severe, two in moderate condition and the rest in mild condition.
According to the hospital, in the previous corona waves the medical center admitted 180 patients simultaneously in five dedicated corona wards.
The hospital is currently preparing to open another ward.
At the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot, four patients are currently hospitalized in moderate and mild condition.
The maximum capacity of the hospital, according to the previous wave, is two wards of 30 hospitalized in each and more often.
The hospital stressed that "the ability to expand occupancy depends on morbidity, but it is also a question of influenza morbidity and congestion in boarding schools and intensive care."
At Assuta Medical Center, Ashdod, two corona patients are being treated as of yesterday.
The center explained that at the request of the Ministry of Health 55 beds should be allocated for Corona patients.
At this stage patients are treated in dedicated rooms in the inpatient ward, and the center is prepared for the opening of a dedicated ward when required.
Patient at Kaplan Hospital, Photo: Gideon Markovich
The Pada-Poria Hospital in Tiberias has four corona patients, two of whom are in critical condition.
Dr. Erez On, director of the medical center, said that “we are preparing for an increase in the number of corona patients.
Coping this time is more complex as our internal medicine departments are very busy and there is also a significant increase in the number of flu patients.
Our teams are busy and we are preparing by all means. "
At Haemek Hospital in Afula, two patients are hospitalized, one in critical condition and the other in mild condition.
The hospital also practices this and says that if necessary the ward will be enlarged and more hospital beds will be added.
In the English hospital in Nazareth, the corona ward is almost empty, and one patient is hospitalized there.
Dr. Amir Alimi, assistant director of the hospital, said that “the maximum hospitalization capacity is about 20 patients in different situations.
We are preparing to deal with the two waves of morbidity at the same time, the seasonal effect and the omicron, and we are starting to feel the increase in congestion in the last week. "
At the Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, 17 corona patients are hospitalized, including two critically ill patients who are breathing, and eight in critical condition who are receiving respiratory support.
Hadassah teams work around the clock treating patients with various winter illnesses, and at the same time treating corona patients.
The inpatient departments and emergency rooms operate at 120 percent occupancy.
The hospital's director general, Prof. Yoram Weiss: “We are aware of the Ministry of Health's forecasts and we have already completed the preparation of another corona ward and an intensive care unit for corona patients with eight beds.
I call on patients suffering from chronic diseases to continue to come in order to treat their diseases, and not to neglect their condition even in the fifth wave. "
At the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in the capital, 16 corona patients are hospitalized.
Shaare Zedek noted that in previous waves more than 120 corona patients were hospitalized at the hospital and added that there is currently no need to open another corona ward, as the corona ward can accommodate 50 patients.
Corona Department at Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon, Archive
At Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, 11 corona patients are hospitalized, one of them in critical condition in the intensive care unit.
In addition, two women are connected to the Acme device: a woman in difficult condition and a woman in her 50s, who has been connected to Acme for four months and her condition is defined as severe.
Tomorrow, the underground parking lot will open at the hospital as a corona complex with 190 beds.
Three corona patients are hospitalized at Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba.
Dr. Yaakov Chen, Deputy Director of the Medical Center and Head of the Emergency Hospital: "Currently the number of corona patients in our medical center is low. However, we are all closely following the rising wave of morbidity, "If necessary, internal departments will be converted into corona departments."
Five corona patients are hospitalized at Hillel Yaffe Hospital in Hadera, and it is also said that if and when there is an increase in morbidity, wards will be converted to corona wards to receive patients.
At Laniado Hospital in Netanya, the situation is particularly optimistic: no Corona patients are hospitalized at all.
At Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, 10 corona patients are being treated, six of them in mild condition and four in severe condition.
The hospital said in response to the surge that they are planning to open a Corona ward this week.
At the Herzog Medical Center in Jerusalem, 12 corona patients are hospitalized, of whom nine are in critical condition - one in critical condition, and another two patients in moderate condition and one in mild condition.
The corona ward has 40 hospital beds.
The hospital's management is preparing for the approval of the Ministry of Health to open a second corona ward, in accordance with the growth forecasts for the number of patients in the current wave.
At the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, four Corona patients are hospitalized as of yesterday.
The hospital said the medical center was "prepared and ready to receive patients, and if required, corona wards would be opened in accordance with the increase in the number of hospitalized."
Vaccine for adults in the fourth dose, Photo: Herzli Shapira
Success for the fourth vaccine
Meanwhile, about 100,000 Israelis have already been vaccinated or made an appointment for the fourth vaccine, a day after it was approved for those aged 60 and over.
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett welcomed the response to the vaccine and said that "the vaccines protect us from serious illness and isolation, and the public understands this."
Among the many vaccinated were Miriam and Yaakov Krieger from Netanya who received the fourth dose.
"I am happy to come and get the fourth vaccine, it helps and makes sure we do not get sick, and if we get sick - it will not be difficult," said Yaakov.
Miriam added: "We believe in vaccines, so we came to get vaccinated early."
Participated in the preparation of the article: Ilya Yagurov, Idan Avni, Yaron Doron, Shlomi Diaz, Yuri Yalon, Dan Lavie and Asaf Golan
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