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Following the decrease in morbidity from Corona: the patients return to the emergency rooms and the load is felt - Walla! news

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The fear of contracting the virus in hospitals is dissipating and there is a report of an increase in the number of patients arriving in the emergency rooms and emergency medical centers, some of whom are injured in road accidents following the return of the economy to routine.


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Following the decrease in morbidity from Corona: patients return to the emergency rooms and the load is felt

The fear of contracting the virus in hospitals is dissipating and there is an increase in the number of patients arriving at emergency rooms and emergency medical centers, some of whom are injured in road accidents following the return of the economy to routine.

Director of Pediatrics at Meir Medical Center: "We went back to the number of referrals before the corona and even more"

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Meirav Cohen

Wednesday, 07 April 2021, 13:10 Updated: 13:16

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After a year in the emergency medical centers and emergency rooms, there was a significant decrease in the number of patients arriving, apparently as a result of fear of being infected with the coronavirus. At the same time, the Ministry of Health informed hospitals today Until now it was necessary to undergo an examination at the admission to the emergency room or hospitalization and as stated today it was decided that vaccinated or recovering are exempt from this. In



hospitals across the country, especially in the north and south, patients reached the level of 2019, after many months in which there was sparse amount of patients who are ill Corona. in recent weeks, reflected in a sharp rise of 15% in the arrival of patients, compared to March 2020 - reportedly at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem,



some of the patients who come are maimed limbs and injuries Head, as a result of numerous automobile accidents that occur on the roads, as the economy returns to normal and the number of cars on the roads has increased. most patients are patients Corona, except for maternity - there still have higher morbidity resulting from fear to be vaccinated.



hospitals have not yet describe

Gnu to absorb the growing quantities, when there is still a division into biological sortings, to which the few remaining corona patients are directed and the crews have to be divided between the sorting rooms.

Today (Wednesday) the last Corona patient left the intensive care unit dedicated to this at Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer.

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Emergency Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital, July 2020 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Prof. Yaniv Scherer, director of the Barzilai Medical Center, explained to Walla!

Because the increase is felt in all wards: "Recently, with the significant decrease in the number of corona diagnoses, we are witnessing an increase in the number of patients - in all wards, clinics and hospital units, and even in delivery rooms. "Many patients come to us - to the unique clinics, the elective surgeries, the delivery rooms and the emergency room for women and the various institutes. We are here to serve everyone, and we will do everything necessary to continue to provide quality, professional and fast medicine to everyone."



The Meir Medical Center also shows that in recent weeks there has been a significant increase in applications for both pediatric and adult admissions.

Dr. Ehud Rosenblum, director of pediatric emergency care at Meir Medical Center of the Clalit Group, notes that "after the corona year in which there was a significant decrease in the number of children in the emergency department, we returned to the number of referrals before the corona period and even above."

"We will do whatever it takes to continue to provide quality medicine."

Prof. Yaniv Scherer, Director of the Barzilai Medical Center, vaccinated in Corona (Photo: Official website, Avioz David, Medical Photography, Barzilai Spokeswoman)

At the same time, many hospitals in the country are closing their corona wards following the decline in morbidity and hospitalization of corona patients.

On Monday, the Sheba Medical Center began dismantling the dedicated emergency room built specifically to accommodate hundreds of patients who had come over the past year for medical treatment.

In addition, the dedicated corona ward for children, which opened at Safra Children's Hospital, was closed yesterday.

The Corona Department at Hillel Yaffe Hospital in Hadera, January 2021 (Photo: Reuven Castro)

The Sheba Medical Center now has a half corona ward run by Dr. Gadi Segal, who was the first to treat corona patients, and a corona intensive care unit run by Dr. Yael Habib-Yedid.

Dr. Gadi Segal, Director of the Internal Medicine Department K: "We knew about the virus more than a year ago, when the hidden rabbi was on the visible and we dealt with the unknown.

I am happy and excited to see the decline in morbidity and the need for hospitalization in the corona wards.

We have been waiting for this moment for over a year and it is a great relief for me to know that this day has come but we have not yet reached a safe shore.

It is very important to complete the vaccination of the population in order to celebrate a real victory over the virus. "

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