Masa and the Jewish Agency have agreed with the Prime Minister's Office on the expansion of the Masa 'Doctors program, which will absorb about 50 Jewish doctors from South American countries who will immigrate to Israel next year, to a vocational training program at Soroka Hospital, which will eventually integrate into Israel's public health system.
This is in addition to 100 new doctors who have already joined the program in Israel in the past month from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
The news of the expansion of the program was given last night (Monday) at the opening event of the program this 14th year, which was established due to the shortage of doctors in the Israeli health system, and annually accepts Jewish doctors from the former Soviet Union. Prepare them for the licensing exams to practice medicine.
At the end of the year-long program, participants take the test when, according to the data, about 90% of the program participants pass it, immigrate to Israel officially, and integrate as full-time physicians in the Israeli health system in hospitals, HMOs and IDF medical corps. Bring in the absorption of dozens of new doctors from Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Panama and Argentina.
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz.
"Booster for the health system", Photo: Coco
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz greeted those present at the event and said: "This important program gives a boost to the health system, and shows a very significant increase in demand despite the corona crisis. 95% of medical campaign participants chose to stay in Israel and join the public medical system. "We have to deal with the crisis in the health care system. We will continue with this important cooperation, and I wish us that this program will only grow and develop."
At the conference, Minister of Immigration and Absorption, Pnina Temano Sheta, stated that "Masa Project is one of the amazing projects that create a tremendous impact in strengthening ties with the Jews of the world and encouraging immigration to Israel. "Recently, I brought to the government's approval a resolution aimed at increasing the participation of new immigrants from the medical and paramedical professions in the public health system.
Minister of Immigration and Absorption, Pnina Temano-Sheta, Photo: Mark Israel Salem
Ofer Gutman, CEO of Masa, concluded: "Expanding the program to absorb more doctors from around the world is an important and strategic message for the health system and the entire State of Israel.
From the establishment of the program until today, close to 1,000 new doctors have been absorbed into our health system.
Their significant contribution has been more pronounced in the last year in the shadow of the Corona plague, when already during the program, participants joined MDA forces across the country in the national effort to fight the Corona virus. That Zionist. "