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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Clalit Health Services

A Clalit clinic in Herzliya. (Laliv g, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
August 27, 2023, 6:48 pm
Clalit Health Services teams with private security outfit to protect medical staff
With 1,000 violent incidents in its clinics so far this year, Israel’s largest HMO looks for solutions to protect its workers from attacks by patients and their families
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Israel Medical Association chair Prof. Zion Hagay (Screenshot from YouTube; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 19, 2023, 7:03 pm
HMO, hospital boycott fertility conference in Jerusalem that excludes women doctors
Clalit pulls its sponsorship, Hadassah Medical Center cancels participation, Israeli Medical Association calls event ‘slap in the face’ to half the medical community
By Renee Ghert-Zand
File - a health worker prepares a vaccine dose at a vaccination center in Jerusalem on January 4, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 10, 2023, 9:21 am
Israeli study: Omicron-fighting boosters cut hospitalization in over-65s by 81%
Largest investigation of the new COVID shots suggests they also sharply reduce deaths, calling them ‘an effective and essential tool’; research is not yet peer-reviewed
By Nathan Jeffay
An Israeli man receives a vaccine against monkeypox, administered by Maccabi Healthcare Services. (Maccabi Healthcare Services)
August 22, 2022, 8:37 pm
Israel using ‘vaccination nation’ chops to fight monkeypox, doctor says
Country excelling in using a small supply of vaccines to maximum effect, and protecting the most vulnerable, says chairman of Israel’s LGBT Medical Association
By Nathan Jeffay
Dr. Rey Biton (second from right), head of the Mirsham organization of medical residents, holds a press conference at Assuta Medical Center in Ashdod, August 1, 2022. (Flash90)
August 3, 2022, 6:52 am
Slamming government, medical residents reject compromise offer on shortened shifts
Trainee doctors protest state’s postponement of plan to gradually reduce hospital shift hours from 26 to 18
By ToI Staff
Dr. Rey Biton (center), head of the Mirsham organization of medical residents, holds a press conference at Assuta Medical Center in Ashdod, August 1, 2022. (Flash90)
August 1, 2022, 4:44 pm
Medical residents threaten mass resignations after plan to shorten shifts delayed
Postponement sparks fresh protest among trainee doctors; chair of residents organization says government ‘failed both professionally and morally’
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of then-CEO of Klalit Health Services, Ruth Ralbag, May 2022. (YouTube)
July 3, 2022, 10:36 am
Leading HMO head resigned amid suspicions of fraud, conflict of interest – report
Ruth Ralbag’s sudden departure last week from the helm of Clalit Health Services said to have come as internal comptroller probe unearthed serious allegations
By ToI Staff
A child receives a COVID vaccine in Jerusalem on December 30, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 30, 2022, 3:20 pm
COVID vaccines halved infection in kids during winter, Israeli study finds
Biggest study of its kind checked medical records of almost 100k children at height of winter wave; found 51% effectiveness against infection and 48% against symptomatic infection
By Nathan Jeffay
In this handout image from the Health Ministry published March 5, 2022, an example field hospital is seen. Israel is sending a delegation to Ukraine to set up a field hospital in the country. (Health Ministry)
March 5, 2022, 11:07 pm
Israel to establish a field hospital in war-ravaged Ukraine
Facility to be operated by pair of HMOs, hospital staff members, will include emergency and delivery rooms, a primary care clinic
By ToI Staff
A couple receive their third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Shaare Zedek hospital, on August 17, 2021, in Jerusalem. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 9, 2021, 10:02 am
Pre-Omicron Israeli research: People 50+ who got 3rd shot had 90% lower death rate
Researchers looked at data of over 840,000 people who got booster; paper co-author says study ‘unequivocally’ shows value of extra dose against Delta strain
By ToI Staff
An Israeli child receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a Maccabi vaccination center in Katzrin on November 24, 2021. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
November 29, 2021, 11:20 pm
Israel vaccinating kids 5-11 faster than it did those aged 12-15
TV report says younger children have been getting COVID shots at double the rate, during the first week they were offered
By ToI Staff
An Israeli woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot at a Clalit clinic in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90 )
October 30, 2021, 3:44 am
Israeli study: COVID booster shots 92% effective at preventing serious illness
Research published in Lancet also finds 3rd shot 81% more effective in preventing deaths compared to those who’ve had only 2 shots at least 5 months ago
By ToI Staff
An Israeli receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a Clalit health care maintenance organization, on September 9, 2021, in Jerusalem. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 21, 2021, 2:27 am
Large Israeli study finds Pfizer COVID shot keeps teens safe from Delta strain
Researchers analyzing Clalit data of over 94,000 vaccinated adolescents and the same number of unimmunized finds those who got the shot are 90% less likely to get the coronavirus
By ToI Staff
A health worker prepares a Covid-19 vaccine in Jerusalem, on August 24, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 30, 2021, 7:10 pm
Side effects feared from vaccine are more common in COVID cases — Israeli study
Research on 2 million Israelis fails to find high incidence of any serious side effect post-inoculation; coronavirus patient 4 times more likely to get myocarditis than vaccinee
By Nathan Jeffay
Mohamed Agbariyah receives a coronavirus vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccination center in the northern Arab Israeli town of Umm el-Fahm, January 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
August 11, 2021, 3:42 pm
As Delta variant surges, a third of eligible Arab Israelis remain unvaccinated
Coronavirus infections are very low in the community, but officials fear lack of immunization could lead to a serious outbreak, especially among Bedouins
By Aaron Boxerman
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