History in the mental health system: Ichilov will sponsor Abarbanel
The psychiatric hospital will take care of budgets for the Tel Aviv Medical Center, and will have access to resources on its behalf - but will remain independent.
This, as part of an extensive reform of the Ministry of Health, which seeks to strengthen the institutions in the mental health system.
Next step: A similar agreement between Rambam and Bnei Zion hospitals
Meirav Cohen
09/02/2022
Wednesday, 09 February 2022, 09:58 Updated: 12:14
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A historic connection agreement between Abarbanel Hospital and Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv will be signed today (Wednesday).
As a result, the psychiatric hospital is expected to have access to significant resources in the possession of Ichilov Hospital.
Ichilov will also take care of the budgets for Abarbanel - as part of a reform promoted by Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz in the mental health system.
Apparently, administratively, Abarbanel Hospital will remain independent and run as a separate unit.
At the same time, Ichilov will send general practitioners, not necessarily to mental health, who will receive patients in Abarbanel's clinics, regardless of their mental state - and thus will also benefit from the collaboration.
Subsequently, additional connection agreements of psychiatric hospitals to general hospitals are expected in order to strengthen the mental health system.
As indicated, a similar agreement will be signed later between Rambam Hospital in Haifa and Bnei Zion Hospital.
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Historical connection agreement.
Abarbanel (Photo: Berni Ardov)
Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz explained that the reform comes in the wake of tours he conducted in hospitals, where he encountered inappropriate infrastructure when there are sometimes up to eight patients in a room.
"Psychiatric patients need to get what they deserve, after many years of being the last," he said.
He argued that psychiatric patients had for many years been "transparent" in the eyes of decision-makers, and suffered from a lack of budget.
He welcomed the agreement, noting that "it is a historic agreement that happens after the hard work of the hospital managements. Hopefully the approach will be holistic and that Ichilov's standard will be here as well."
Horowitz (Photo: Screenshot, Contact)
Prof. Yuval Melamed, director of the Abarbanel Medical Center, also welcomed the move, saying that "this is an important day for all of us.
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