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The Ministry of Health was not properly prepared for the fourth corona wave;

The result: hospitals on the verge of collapse

Shadow of the alarming rise in morbidity, at Niado Hospitals, Wolfson and Assaf the Physician refer new verified to other hospitals due to congestion in the wards.

A senior hospital official warned of a lack of preparedness in some of the centers for the fourth wave: "Everyone is busy at the moment and it is not going to be resolved."

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Sapir Levy, Eli Ashkenazi, Yoav Itiel, Shlomi Heller and Viner Yagana

Saturday, 14 August 2021, 19:48

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The number of patients in the Delta strain continues to rise and in many hospitals the wards are on the verge of collapse.

In the emergency rooms of several hospitals in the center of the country, including Wolfson, Laniado and Assaf the doctor, it was decided not to take in new verified patients to Corona and refer them to other hospitals in the area.

A senior official at one of the hospitals stressed that most of the sprains are preparing for the continuation of the wave of illness.

"Everyone has a load right now and it's not going to be resolved."

He noted that many hospitals were not properly prepared for the current wave, nor did they reduce activity in other wards to cope with the expected congestion in the corona wards.

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New patients were referred to other hospitals (photographed has nothing to do with what was said) (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Thus, at Wolfson Hospital 57 patients were reported in two Corona wards, 26 of them in critical condition.

In Beilinson, 33 patients are hospitalized (27 in critical condition).

Ziv Hospital in Safed reports 83% occupancy in the Corona Intensive Care Unit, Haemek Hospital in Afula reports occupancy of two thirds. 22 patients are hospitalized in Poria. Hillel Yaffe Hospital, one of the two Corona wards is fully occupied: 44 Corona patients, 17 of them 17 In about a week, according to the hospital, the number of patients has doubled. In Soroka, Be'er Sheva, it was reported that at this stage it is far from the capacity threshold with 23 patients.

According to data from the Ministry of Health published before Shabbat, 6,102 One person was diagnosed per day, with a total of 44,730 active patients in Israel, 453 people hospitalized in critical condition, and 813,216 have been vaccinated so far in the third dose.

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Bennett: "The third dose is critical for the age wave" (Walla system!)

At the same time, the vaccination campaign in the third dose continued during the weekend, after the decision to vaccinate another person aged 50 and over.

In light of the growing demand, MDA, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the Tel Aviv Municipality, tonight set up special caravans in Dizengoff Square in the city center, designed to provide a first or second vaccination to people who have not been vaccinated at all, and to vaccinate the third dose.

Immunization positions around the country (Photo: MDA)

Maccabi Health Fund alone reported that more than 15,000 people have been vaccinated so far over the weekend.

A total of 57,000 members of the fund were vaccinated, which constitutes 27% of the target group they set.

The caravans in Tel Aviv will be set up from 20:00 to 04:00 in order to allow anyone interested to get vaccinated, without a queue and free of charge.

MDA Director General Eli Bin said that "as the number of infected people climbs day by day, we saw the paramount importance of launching the operation and making the vaccines accessible without having to make an appointment and free of charge, and allowing all HMO members, stateless people, non-residents and everyone Not vaccinated, young people, youth and adults to come and get vaccinated, and allow those aged 50 plus to receive the third vaccine. "

He added that MDA "expects and hopes that many will take the opportunity and come to get vaccinated."

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