"The country loses billions a year because it does not invest in health education"
: this is what Dr. Zahi Said, advisor to the CEO of Klalit in the Arab society, said today (Wednesday) at the "Israel Today" conference.
In the panel that deals with the "inequality in medical care between the periphery and the center" moderated by Ran Reznik - senior health reporter and health commentator of "Israel Hayom", the following participated: Masad Barhum Manager - Galilee Hospital in Hariya, Professor Nimrod Rosen - Director of the Rehabilitation Program at the Emek Hospital, and President The Israeli Orthopedic Association, Tal Tohana, head of the Yeruhem Council and advisor to the CEO of Klalit for the Arab company Dr. Zahi Said.
The panel dealt with the tangible data, the health gaps in the health data between Arabs and Jews.
"There are disparities - an Arab lives less than a Jew, there is twice the incidence of diabetes and obesity at the same time as Jewish society."
Tal Ohana commented on the plight of the health services in the south: "There is a partnership with the funds, but one of the challenges that see the gap is mental health. There is no child psychiatrist. Their entire treatment sequence is delayed."
According to her, "residents of the periphery receive a low level of medicine compared to the center."
Prof. Masad Barhoum added that "there is no reason for a person in the periphery to receive less medical service than a person in Tel Aviv." According to him, "the Machenig system of government subsidies should be changed in favor of the periphery."
Prof. Nimrod Rosen said that "a special advisor for peripheral affairs should be appointed in the Ministry of Health".
He added that "the Ministry of Health is afraid of the big health funds, it needs a regulator."
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