Hospital administrators are demanding an extra budget to deal with the impending sixth corona wave, and are refusing to cut back on elective actions such as surgeries and non-urgent cases
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Tonight (Sunday) a meeting was held chaired by the Director General of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Nachman Ash, and the Corona projector, Prof. Salman Zarka, regarding preparations for the additional corona wave. .
The meeting also came in jarring tones and statements from hospital administrators asking for financial indemnity for declining activity and spending because of the corona.
They say they are not ready to go down in elective activity and the Ministry of Health "will have to look for beds for Corona patients".
A number of hospitals, including Rambam Barzilai and others, claimed that they would have to lay off staff due to a lack of budget. Prof. Ash ordered that a separate discussion be held on the economic issue. For flooring to identify the variant and to assign beds designed for severe corona patients.
Prof. Zarqa said at the hearing "no matter what it is called a wave or hump, the morbidity increases significantly and most likely it is the tip of the iceberg. People undergo tests only if they want sick days or faxloid treatment and therefore there is underreporting."
"People get tested only if they want sick days."
Corona Supervisor Prof. Salman Zarka, Photo: Gideon Markovich
Deputy Director General of Assuta Ashdod Public Hospital Dr. Eliad Aviram: "The other wave is already here - the responsibility requires the return of the obligation to wear masks.
In recent weeks we have witnessed a growing increase in Corona patients.
At this stage it is mainly an increase in the number of mild patients, however, it is clear to all especially in light of past experience that an increase in the number of severe patients is only a matter of time.
The cessation of the obligation to wear masks in combination with the presence of new variants led to the current outbreak.
The captains must make decisions today in order to moderate tomorrow's eruption.
The question is not whether there will be a wave - but what its power will be. "
At the Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba, the Corona ward was reopened today in light of the increase in morbidity.
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