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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Health Ministry

Paramedics help the medical staff at Haifa's Rambam hospital to transport patients from the upper floors to underground parking area of the establishment on September 22, 2024, after Lebanon's Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets on northern Israel. (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
September 22, 2024, 12:29 pm
Hospitals in north ordered to move patients to fortified areas amid rocket fire
Haifa’s Rambam will shift activities to underground parking lot, while other medical facilities move treatments to protected areas, scrap elective procedures
By ToI Staff
A Bedouin child is brought to the emergency room at Soroka hospital in Beersheba, after his family home, a shed in an unrecognized Bedouin village near Dimona, was hit by a rocket fired from Gaza, on July 19, 2014. (Dudu Greenspan/ Flash90/ File)
September 8, 2024, 9:45 pm
Government signs permits for new Beersheba hospital after 10-year delay
Medical center slated to open in 2028; Health Minister Buso says it will ‘reduce the gap in medical treatment between the center and the periphery’
By Diana Bletter
Dr. Hilla Hadas, CEO of Enosh, center, with Health Minister Uriel Buright, and Ayelet Nahmias Verbin, chair of the Jewish Agency fund for victims of terror at the Enosh Mental Health Conference on September 4, 2024. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
September 4, 2024, 8:01 pm
Israel in worst-ever mental health crisis amid ongoing war, says minister
At Tel Aviv conference, Uriel Busso promises to upgrade mental health system; survivors and the bereaved share stories, encourage people not to be afraid to get help
By Diana Bletter
The coffin of the slain hostage Almog Sarusi, who was killed in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, is placed in a grave during his funeral at a cemetery in Ra'anana, September 1, 2024. (AP Photo/ Ariel Schalit)
September 1, 2024, 9:25 pm
Autopsy finds 6 hostages were shot multiple times at close range in last 48-72 hours
Findings indicate captives were executed by Hamas guards as IDF troops closed in on Rafah tunnel complex; IDF chief visits site where bodies were found
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: A view of people swimming in the Sea of Galilee, on June 12, 2024. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
July 25, 2024, 12:04 am
Child diagnosed with brain-eating amoeba weeks after man’s death; visited same waterpark
Health Ministry orders closure of Gai Beach in Sea of Galilee until further notice, as 2nd case of brain infection caused by Naegleria fowleri raises concern of contaminated pools
By Diana Bletter and ToI Staff
A 3D illustration of the brain-eating infectious amoeba Naegleria fowleri.(iStock)
July 7, 2024, 7:14 pm
Man dies after contracting ‘brain-eating’ amoeba, in Israel’s 2nd-ever recorded case
25-year-old patient presented with symptoms caused by rare brain infection last week after swimming at a Tiberias beach
By Diana Bletter
West Nile disease is spread by birds and transmitted to animals and humans by mosquito bites. (CC-BY 2.0 hofluk, Flickr)
June 28, 2024, 3:14 pm
Health Ministry says 81 diagnosed with West Nile fever, 7 have died in outbreak
64 hospitalized with virus, six of whom are on ventilators; 20% experiencing symptoms including fever, headaches and body aches; only 1% have neurological issues
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative image of a mosquito (nechaev-kon; iStock by Getty Images)
June 22, 2024, 11:52 pm
Two women in their 80s die of suspected West Nile virus in Petah Tikva
Beilinson Hospital says it is waiting for test results from lab to definitively diagnose two women, as well as three other patients who may have virus
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Mosquitoes cling to the inside of a jar loaded with repellent during a test as part of a tour of the Centers for Disease Control laboratory, April 4, 2024, in Fort Collins, Colorado. (David Zalubowski/AP)
June 18, 2024, 11:29 am
7 hospitalized in Tel Aviv area with West Nile fever; 2 in serious condition
Virus can be dangerous for older people; Health Ministry says no indication morbidity has spiked, Environmental Protection Ministry says it has not located carrier mosquitos
By Stuart Winer
Volunteers prepare food for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 19, 2024. (AFP)
May 31, 2024, 12:33 am
Key Gaza famine report cited by UN, ICJ has systematic flaws, Israeli review finds
Health Ministry says grave methodological flaws in Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report, cited as proof Israel starving Gazans, renders its conclusions unreliable
By Jeremy Sharon
An Israeli health worker prepares a coronavirus vaccine shot against COVID-19, at a health clinic in Katzrin, on November 16, 2021. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
May 21, 2024, 8:04 pm
Ombudsman: Health Ministry didn’t check 82% of reports on COVID vaccine side effects
Comptroller says ministry failed to sufficiently combat vaccine misinformation during pandemic, made decisions on vaccine’s safety based on incomplete data
By ToI Staff
Hazy weather over Jerusalem amid high levels of air pollution, April 18, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)
April 18, 2024, 2:21 pm
Health, environment ministries issue warning over high levels of air pollution
Poor air quality a result of dust blowing in from North Africa; ministries advise at-risk populations and general public to minimize outdoor exposure until the air clears
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative image: A single sperm is injected directly into an egg as part of IVF (Lars Neumann; iStock by Getty Images)
March 31, 2024, 6:02 pm
Health Ministry orders closure of IVF clinic accused of importing sick embryos
Officials’ surprise visit revealed medical practices ministry says clinic was not licensed for, and that endanger public health
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative. In vitro fertilization (IVF) of an egg cell. (iStock by Getty Images/ man_at_mouse)
March 18, 2024, 2:24 pm
Israeli IVF clinics imported embryos with serious genetic disease, probe reveals
Medical staff reportedly implanted embryos afflicted with hemophilia in several hopeful mothers, in latest revelation in series of Israeli IVF scandals
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: A brown rat (Heiko Kiera/Shutterstock.com)
March 16, 2024, 7:15 am
Rail construction in Tel Aviv may be behind a surge in rat-related disease cases
Patients diagnosed with flea-borne typhus and leptospirosis at area hospitals have reported seeing the rodents in their neighborhoods, and even in their homes
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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