The fight against the Corona virus: This week, the Medical Corps launched Operation Hand in Hand, in which a home hospitalization system is operated for the treatment of Corona patients.
Dozens of teams were assigned to the mission, each with a doctor, nurse and driver.
The staffs will visit the patient's home on a daily basis and come for additional visits if necessary.
At the same time, a center staffed by senior military medical and nursing personnel is operated, enabling continuous remote monitoring of patients.
The center has branches in each of the IDF's spatial commands, which are responsible for medical assistance in that geographical area.
Dozens of staff visit the patient's home on a daily basis,
The home hospitalization system is currently designed for 250 patients and the Medical Corps is prepared to expand it if necessary.
Its establishment is expected to alleviate the congestion in the inpatient wards of hospitals and strengthen community medicine.
The medical staffs are activated gradually and according to demand.
"The system implements the salient advantages of the IDF - an organization based on young and technological personnel with innovative thinking," said Brigadier General Prof. Alon Glazberg, Chief Medical Officer, adding: "I see ourselves as part of the national health system and feel privileged to assist and provide "Medical treatment as much as necessary. I hope that we will be able to lay the groundwork for an innovative and advanced home hospitalization system in Israel."
In the initial phase, the system is intended for 250 patients, the IDF Spokesman said
The unit operates with the logistical assistance of the IDF's Technology and Logistics Division and is a collaboration between the Medical Corps, the Ministry of Health and the HMOs. "M.