For the first time since 1948: The medical corps will treat hundreds of civilians to facilitate the health care system

The army is preparing for a long wave of illness due to the spread of the omicron strain, and one of the tasks assigned to its development includes, exceptionally, treatment and follow-up of civilians who will be hospitalized in their home in the periphery.

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It was learned that IDF medical teams will be vaccinated for the fourth time against Corona tomorrow, as well as the cancellation of training and the mobilization of reserves.

Amir Bohbot

05/01/2022

Wednesday, 05 January 2022, 12:42 Updated: 20:13

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In the video: Projector says at briefing that we are in a combined wave and that there is no policy of mass infection (Photo: GPO)

IDF medical teams will receive a fourth vaccine against Corona, and will, for the first time since 1948, be required to provide medical care to hundreds of civilians to alleviate the burden on the health system - Walla learned! , And on the agenda also the abolition of training.

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Soldiers vaccinated against Corona, February 2021 (Photo: AP)

The IDF currently has about a thousand soldiers with corona who are in a mild condition.

To date, the Ministry of Health has approved vaccinating for the fourth time only citizens over the age of 60, medical staff and members of several other risk groups.

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In addition, exceptionally and with legal approval, the Medical Corps will be prepared to assist in the treatment of Israeli citizens, for the first time since the establishment of the state.

This is to alleviate the burden on the health care system.

In the scenario of heavy workloads in the hospitals, the corps doctors are expected to treat about 250 people who will be hospitalized in their peripheral areas, who will be hospitalized in their home in the first stage, and in the second stage twice as many.

However, IDF sources say that if unit doctors are referred to this task, it could impair the units' functioning in operational or emergency situations

. About the subject.

Soldiers vaccinated against Corona, February 2021 (Photo: AP)

Moreover, in the coming days, Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi will be required to decide whether to conduct brigade training as usual and mobilize reserve forces in the shadow of the spread of the disease. IDF officials estimate that there will be no choice but to cancel or reduce training. At this point, the idea that came up in the Ministry of Defense, to allow the IDF to move to independent tests in Corona to regulate loads in the various units in order of priority, was rejected

. Among other things, the IDF ordered the wearing of masks at a conference that includes more than 50 soldiers in closed spaces, the prevention of the introduction of refreshments, and the tightening of flight permits abroad. In addition, it was decided to transfer the activity of certain units to shifts (in contrast to the previous wave - AB), and to isolate companies of soldiers from each other in order to prevent large volumes of infection in the battalions.

In addition, the IDF has tightened its instructions to those entering and leaving sensitive units, such as the "pit" in the campus, submarines, missile ships, air force squadrons and senior bureaus, and the technology and logistics department is preparing to organize extensive transportation for soldiers. Public transportation.

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