140 virus patients to be moved from overcrowded Jerusalem, northern hospitals

In an attempt to reduce overcrowding at Israel’s hospitals and make room for more patients suffering from the coronavirus, the Health Ministry announces that 140 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in eight hospitals in the north and the Jerusalem area will be transferred to hospitals in the center of the country.

Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva and Soroka Hospital in Beersheba will take in the patients, the ministry says.

The transfer of the patients will take place from today till Friday.

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