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Ichilov: "The IDF Field Hospital will not open in our territory" Israel today

2020-09-26T21:02:50.587Z


| Military newsContrary to the agreement given in the first wave, the Ichilov asked the IDF to find an alternative place for a field hospital for those infected in Corona • "The issue was examined, but not agreed upon" "The hospital wanted to find a more suitable place" Photography:  Coco First publication: Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv has announced that it does not intend to allow the IDF to open a field h


Contrary to the agreement given in the first wave, the Ichilov asked the IDF to find an alternative place for a field hospital for those infected in Corona • "The issue was examined, but not agreed upon"

  • "The hospital wanted to find a more suitable place"

    Photography: 

    Coco

First publication:

Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv has announced that it does not intend to allow the IDF to open a field hospital for Corona patients in its territory, contrary to the consent it gave a few months ago, in the first Corona wave.

Ichilov does not deny that they recently asked the IDF to find an alternative location for the hospital, and the army is now waiting for a decision from the political echelon on the issue.

As far as the army is concerned, a few months ago Ichilov Hospital agreed that if necessary, it would allow the IDF to establish a hospital to hospitalize Corona patients in the underground parking lot in its territory. According to the plan, the hospital was expected to contain about 220 hospital beds. Responsibility for patients in a field hospital, but using Ichilov's infrastructure.

The IDF was convinced that this was a complete agreement with Ichilov, and this is how senior members of the Medical Corps have expressed themselves in recent months. 

Due to the decline in morbidity levels, the plan remains an emergency contingency plan.

In light of the outbreak in recent weeks, Defense Minister Bnei Gantz instructed the IDF to begin preparations to open a field hospital immediately in accordance with the needs of the health system. Gantz's directive was received after a discussion in his office with senior officials including And Chief Medical Officer.

The discussion presented the position that the establishment of a field hospital based on IDF medical personnel would be more effective than the deployment of army medical personnel in existing hospitals. The IDF estimates that preparations for opening a field hospital will take several weeks, and therefore staff work is required now. 

At the end of the discussion, Ganz instructed to begin at this stage only the staff work required to establish a field hospital that will contain about 200 beds based on the allocation of doctors, nurses and paramedics from the IDF. The defense establishment stressed that the deployment ".

Upon receiving the directive, the IDF began examining ways to implement it. According to the early summary, the first application was made to Ichilov Hospital.

The IDF is currently trying to formulate another option, including waiting for decisions to be made at the political level regarding the location of the hospital. It should be emphasized that an IDF field hospital has never treated Israeli citizens, but would have been sent abroad to help distressed countries. Sadeh Hospital will be the first time that IDF medical teams will be required to treat the citizens of the State of Israel.

"Contacts not continued"

Maichilov responded: "During the first wave of Corona disease, the hospital examined with the IDF the possibility of locating an IDF field hospital in the hospital's underground parking lot, a parking lot designated to serve as an emergency hospital. This examination did not mature into a summary or plan. "And since the first wave has passed, the contacts have not continued. In recent months, our hospital has been preparing for winter while dealing with the new wave of illness, and has adapted its preparation to the lessons of the first wave."

It was further stated that "accordingly the emergency hospital has been re-designated as a site to be used by the hospital in its preparation for winter. In addition, progress in building the new emergency room is currently restricting access to the compound and the available space to build a field hospital where we are thinking. Patients find a more suitable place for the planned field hospital. "

Source: israelhayom

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