More than a dozen hospitals in Israel affected by IT outage but continue to operate

Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on October 15, 2008. (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem on October 15, 2008. (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

The Health Ministry says that the global IT outage has affected more than a dozen hospitals in Israel, including Shaare Zedek in Jerusalem, Laniado in Netanya, Barzilai in Ashkelon, Wolfson in Holon and a number of others, as well as the healthcare provider Meuhedet.

The affected hospitals are operating on a manual basis now, as their digital services are inaccessible. The ministry stresses that patient care is not affected, and the hospitals are prepared for such an outage following drills.

Ambulances are nevertheless being told to take patients to unaffected hospitals, the ministry says.

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