Dalia Salmona, another tenant at the Mashan in Shaw who passed away from Corona, was widowed this year by her husband • Their son said that until her death in Soroka she said: "'I can take care of people'"

A tragedy haunts a tragedy: 84-year-old Dalia Salmona, the sixth deceased from Corona in Be'er Sheva, was widowed just four months ago by her husband Yair - and last weekend passed away after contracting the deadly virus. Salmona, a native of Israel and a daughter of the founders of the Nehemiah Colony in the Jordan Valley, left behind three children and ten grandchildren. Soroka Hospital, where she died, said she "suffered from a variety of serious and complex background diseases."

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Her son Tzahi says she "attended the Hadassah Mount Scopus Nursing School and went down to the Negev as an errand. She was a responsible nurse at the Hadassah Hospital in Be'er Sheva, when it was in the Old City. When the Soroka Hospital was established, she was one of the first nurses in the The neurosurgical department of the medical institution. "

Until her retirement at the age of 60, Salmona held the post of head nurse at the hospital. "She always made sure that all nurses and patients received the right treatment," said Salmona.

The son added: "Until her last day, she was a nurse in all of Iberia's hospitals. For the past two or three years she has started to develop dementia, but she still recognized us and the phone calls were clear. "

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Salmona came to Mennon along with her husband Yair five years ago and the two stayed in the Independent Department. Four months ago, Salmona, a veteran of Beer Sheva, passed away.

About the nursing home, the son said: "After my father's death, my mother continued to live in the Independent Department and moved alone. About a month ago, she fell and broke her pelvis and Mashan offered to transfer her to the nursing ward until she recovered. She was in the nursing ward for about a week and a half. A few days after she passed the mess began and the first patient passed away.

The son emphasizes that "I have no complaints to the staff. In a global-scale crisis, when the entire health system is dysfunctional, I do not think anyone can make allegations. We are deeply in this and still receiving conflicting news.

According to him, in conversations he and his sister had with their mother, "She did not realize she was in the nursing department because she had broken the pelvis. She did not always remember that my father had passed away. My sister talked to her and she sounded normal."

Last Friday, Salmona said, his mother's condition had deteriorated. "She had low blood pressure and low sturgeon," he recalled. "It turned out she was already in a human condition. My heart was with the staff at Mashan. They were also exposed to catastrophe. I'm sure they did what they could within the difficulty and inability to handle the situation.

On the other hand, Tal Oren, one of her granddaughters, said: "We asked Mashan to bring her a phone. We begged to talk to her, meet with her - and we did not let us. She was really alone."

Salamona also said that "I accompanied her to the ER and was hospitalized. No one thought anything like that would happen. I had to remind her several times that she was in the ER and that she was not a nurse in Soroka. She kept saying, 'I am a nurse in Soroka. I can take care of people."