Health system operating in full emergency mode following Iranian missile impacts in south

Some of the dozens of people, adults and children, who were wounded in the Iranian ballistic missile strike in the cities of Dimona and Arad are now being evacuated from hospitals in the south to additional hospitals in the center of the country, the Health Ministry’s Director General, Moshe Bar Siman Tov announces.

The health system is now operating in full emergency mode, preparing for increased mental health care for the population in the south of the country and assisting those who were evacuated from their homes and transferred to hotels in the Dead Sea area.

The ministry reports that eight of the wounded are in serious condition and 16 are in moderate condition.

In addition, the National Resilience Center has contacted the mayors of Dimona and Arad to assist with whatever is needed.

“This is a complex and difficult sequence of events, and the regulated evacuation between hospitals allows us to manage maintain a high level of care for each casualty, even when there are several incidents at the same time,” Siman Tov says. “I would like to pay tribute to the medical teams and rescue and recovery teams who are working with dedication and professionalism, even under fire and in complex conditions, and continue to save lives.”

The ministry reminds the public they can contact the resilience centers and the emergency and emotional support centers of the health care networks to receive psychological assistance.