As a lesson from dealing with the corona, the Ministry of Health will set up an epidemiological unit that will deal with monitoring and monitoring infectious diseases, and will alert decision-making professionals.
However, officials in the Ministry of Health who have been exposed to the details of the plan warn that the ministry has at least two bodies whose role it is, and that it is better to strengthen these bodies, which suffer from a shortage of manpower and budgets, rather than establish a new body.
Another argument is that the body is supposed to be headed by a former military man, and that there will probably be no public health experts.
The team of experts determined by a decisive majority: Vaccination of children aged 11-5 against Corona should be recommended // Archive photo: Gil Kramer
A source exposed to the program said: "This is a kind of department for monitoring and collecting data on what is happening in the world, on various infectious diseases. There is no need to establish such a body, because there is the epidemiology department in the Ministry of Health and the Center for Disease Control.
The source added: "Currently there is a load on the wing. I do not know if it is a body that is in an indirect or parallel route, but why not strengthen a body that already exists? There is a feeling that military personnel are being brought in to replace the ministry personnel."
Headquarters of the Ministry of Health, Photo: Oren Ben Hakon
Another source said: "The unit will be shared with the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Public Health.
This is part of Elrai Price's desire to upgrade computer systems and statistics.
"Unfortunately, there are not enough specialist doctors in the ministry today in the fields of epidemiology and public health, and this is necessary."
Another source noted: "Establishing an unprofessional body instead of strengthening existing infrastructures is strange and improper. It is true that today there is the Epidemiology Division and the Center for Disease Control, both of which are weakened, and it is true that they need significant reinforcement. Unprofessional factor - military man. "
"Assistance in dealing with the following epidemics"
The Ministry of Health said: "The ministry works to strengthen public health services, as lessons learned from the Corona epidemic. The goal is to deal with health risks similar to those in the world of security - to actively monitor, identify them early and respond quickly to maintain public health.
"This is a unit within the public health services, which will strengthen the Epidemiology Division with collection and intelligence capabilities. The unit will flow information to the Epidemiology Division, from which professional instructions will emerge based on the information collected. The unit will be subordinate to the public health services.
"The unit will assist the State of Israel in dealing with the current epidemic and subsequent epidemics, as well as in the effective and rapid treatment of other, routine reporting diseases, which early detection and treatment helps maintain public health."
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