Does the interns' protest reach a solution?
In order to implement the Minister of Economy's order to shorten the interns 'shift hours, and in accordance with the summary of the Ministers of Health, Economy and Finance from last October, the Ministry of Finance will transfer NIS 66 million to the Ministry of Health to shorten interns' shifts.
Increasing the number of interns in the hospitals will be done while balancing the expected harm to the HMOs by creating strategic collaborations between the hospitals and the HMOs through expanding the model of interns in community funding.
Health Minister Horowitz, Photo: Beer Sheva Municipality Spokeswoman
As you may recall, we recently announced that if there is no agreed outline within two weeks, hospital administrators will violate the Working Hours and Rest Act, and at the last meeting of the implementation team the proposal came up several times to ask the Minister of Economy for further delay in implementing the order.
Finance Ministry Director General Ram Blinkov said: “This is an important conclusion that will yield a significant improvement in the connection between the hospitals and the community, a connection whose great importance we have seen in dealing with the corona plague.
This step is a valuable solution and we will see its effects in the coming years. "
Clalit's CEO Ruth Ralbag welcomed the move and said: "As part of the health system's preparations for the implementation of the agreement, it is important to quickly prepare for extensive cooperation between the community and the hospitals.
Such cooperation will enable the opening of additional clinical fields and the integration of a significant number of interns in the community medicine system. "
Representatives of an organization specializing in the Ministry of Health in Tel Aviv, Photo: Coco
Maccabi Health Services CEO Sigal Dadon Levy said: "Our internship training programs that take place in full cooperation with the hospitals are excellent and now with the new funding model we can significantly expand our efforts and continue the training of the future generation of public medicine in Israel."
Leumit National Fund CEO Haim Fernandez said: "The move will strengthen the connection between the hospital system and the community and will contribute to the two systems that rely on each other. In the short term these interns will work in the internal departments of hospitals Service as family physicians in clinics, thanks in part to the expertise and experience they will gain as part of their internship at the hospital. "
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