At the hospitals this morning (Sunday) there are reports of abnormal congestion in the wards due to a dramatic increase in the number of corona and flu patients and due to the stroke of isolation, which among other things affects various medical teams.
The Assuta Ashdod Public Hospital commented on the situation this morning and said that "due to an unusual load of patients in the inpatient and emergency departments, mainly due to winter illness, and a large number of Corona nationals, it was decided to divert ambulances to other hospitals for two hours in coordination with the Ministry of Health. "There is a critical shortage of caregivers who are intensifying the therapeutic load."
Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva also reports that the increase in corona morbidity is affecting the hospital's activities.
"The rise in verified corona is giving its signals," said Clalit Group Hospital.
"In Beilinson, another Corona ward will be opened today on the 3rd floor in the underground parking lot. Similar to the third wave, Beilinson will operate two corona-designated wards in the underground compound of the hospital starting this afternoon."
Beilinson Hospital also reported that there are 58 hospitalized patients with Corona, including 12 in critical condition and 3 of them respirators. In addition, there are 27 hospitalized patients with influenza.
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At the same time, the Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh) announced today that there is a re-preparation in light of the rising wave of morbidity in Israel.
The medical center, headed by Dr. Osnat Levzion Korach, is preparing for extreme scenarios and the award of a new MLRD (Emergency Medical Center) site, which is located near the central MLRD square. The new center will only be operated if there is an increase in patient volume.
In addition, as of this morning, Shamir Medical Center noted that the number of corona patients stands at 88 patients who are in 5 different units throughout the medical center.
38 of them are in serious condition and 6 of them are respirators.
The other 50 patients are defined as in a light condition.
President and Chairman of Sabar Medicine, Dr. Itamar Ofer, who operates a home hospitalization service for all health funds, commented on the increase due to the increase in the number of people seeking hospitalization at the hospital and said: Those who do not have to be hospitalized. "
A senior health ministry official who spoke with Israel Today commented on the illness and said that due to the situation "some hospitals have already announced a reduction in elective activity. Clinics but also surgeries. Mainly because of medical staff who are in isolation."
Senior Health Ministry official: Some hospitals have already announced a reduction in elective activity.
Clinics but also surgeries.
Mainly because of medical staff in isolation.
This morning in Assuta Ashdod, they update that due to a load of patients in the boarding school and the emergency room, they asked ambulances to refer patients to other hospitals in the area @IsraelHayomHeb
- Mital Yasur (@MaytalYasur) January 16, 2022
Meanwhile, this week, the health system is expected to receive data indicating the effectiveness of the fourth vaccine dose in preventing infection and serious illness.
This week, morbidity figures are expected to continue to rise, and may even reach a peak.
However, the Ministry of Health has not yet set a threshold number of serious patients that will indicate the failure of the health system.
The senior added that "due to limited testing we have lost the ability to predict, and some people may not be tested. The index hospitalized in a critical condition has more significance. We are approaching 400 cases and there are about 80 new strains daily, but in critical patients the numbers are still lower. "When we reach 500,600 and a rapid rate of increase for the difficult ones, this is the situation that will start to worry us."
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