An Israeli medical delegation takes off for North Macedonia after a nightclub fire left at least 59 people dead early Sunday morning.
The Sheba Medical Center delegation, which was announced yesterday, includes burn and orthopedic specialists, says the Foreign Ministry, adding that they will provide “urgent medical assistance to local hospitals, which are struggling with heavy patient loads.”
Israel’s non-resident envoy to North Macedonia, Simona Frankel, is also joining the delegation.
The five-member team will remain in the country as long as needed, says the Foreign Ministry.
“The departing medical delegation will do its utmost to assist local medical teams in treating the injured and mitigating the severe impact on the local healthcare system as it deals with a mass casualty event,” says Frankel in a statement.
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