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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 366

Israeli hospitals

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
Soldiers help prepare the Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa following the outbreak of war, October 11, 2023. (Courtesy of Rambam)
April 15, 2024, 7:56 pm
On high alert since October 7, hospitals were already prepared to deal with Iran attack
Administrators say IDF Home Front Command and Health Ministry have not instructed healthcare system to adjust readiness for possible widening of conflict
By Renee Ghert-Zand
One of the 10 operating rooms in a new 'mini-hospital' for ambulatory surgery at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center-Ichilov Hospital, February 2024. (Jenny Yerushalmi)
February 28, 2024, 2:36 pm
Surgery without a stay: Ichilov hospital unveils new operating rooms to cut wait times
System supporting 10 new operating rooms uses digital health to offer optimal care without adding beds to hospital’s wards
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Wounded Israelis arrive at the Soroka Medical center in Beersheba, southern Israel, October 7, 2023. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
February 16, 2024, 12:12 pm
Preventative medicine: After Oct. 7 mass casualty event, Israeli MDs share tough lessons
While dealing with the ongoing medical challenges of the war, physicians are already in touch with others over what they learned about honing lifesaving preparedness protocols
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The reunion of siblings Maya and Itay Regev, released from Gaza days apart, at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, November 30, 2023, in handout photos by the hospital. (Courtesy)
February 2, 2024, 4:09 pm
Updated protocols for freed hostages include training to address sexual abuse, torture
Amid negotiations for new deal, Health Ministry issues recommendations based on treatment of those released in November truce; advises 4-day minimum hospital stay
By Renee Ghert-Zand and ToI Staff
Hamas gunmen surrender to IDF troops at northern Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, in a handout image published December 14, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 22, 2023, 2:23 pm
Health Ministry issues directives for medical treatment of detained Gazan terrorists
Following deaths of several Palestinians at IDF Sde Teiman medical facility, the government gives clear instructions about care for ‘illegal combatants’
By Renee Ghert-Zand and ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal Herzog (right) visit with a wounded soldier and staff at the Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital in Ra'anana, November 13, 2023 (Courtesy of Loewenstein Hospital)
December 17, 2023, 9:10 am
War caught Israeli rehab hospitals unprepared to handle number of wounded
Crucial aspect of recovery in danger if more beds are not opened and additional staff not hired to heal body and soul: ‘There is no rehabilitation without mental health’
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: Sharon Hospital in Petah Tikva (screenshot: YouTube)
December 13, 2023, 3:52 pm
Hamas terrorist wounded in Gaza being treated in Israeli hospital — reports
Move comes despite earlier decision that captured terrorists would only be treated in IDF or prison service medical facilities
By ToI Staff
The reunion of siblings Maya and Itay Regev, released from Gaza days apart, with a third sibling at Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, November 30, 2023, in handout photos by the hospital. (Courtesy)
December 1, 2023, 1:21 pm
Daily Briefing Dec 1: Day 56 – Released hostages learn to eat, speak in normal tones
Health editor Renee Ghert-Zand discusses health status of released hostages, as education reporter Gavriel Fiske looks at pop-up schools and Genesis pocket edition for soldiers
By ToI Staff
The children and babies kidnapped on October 7 and held hostage by terrorists in the Gaza Strip. (Israel's official Twitter account)
November 23, 2023, 7:18 pm
Coming home: Health Ministry discloses strict protocols for treating freed hostages
After being handed to IDF by Red Cross, hostages will be sent to 6 Israeli hospitals, where staff will follow protocols on everything from avoiding overfeeding to documenting rape
By Renee Ghert-Zand
The Sammy Ofer Fortified Underground Emergency Hospital at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa was prepared for receiving patients following the outbreak of war, October 11, 2023. (Courtesy of Rambam)
November 13, 2023, 2:10 pm
Government agrees on immediate NIS 275 million to fortify hospitals
With only a third of hospital beds and fewer than half of operating rooms protected against missile attacks, officials begin to address dangers to patients, staff and visitors
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Palestinians ride on an Israeli military vehicle taken from an army base overrun by Hamas terrorists near the Gaza Strip fence, in Gaza City, October 7, 2023. (Abed Abu Reash/AP)
October 12, 2023, 1:44 pm
Amid outcry, wounded terrorists not being treated in Israeli civilian hospitals
After some terrorists were initially brought to emergency rooms, sparking uproar, Health Minister Moshe Arbel instructs they be redirected to prison services’ medical facilities
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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
Interior and Health Minister Moshe Arbel arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on May 7, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 25, 2023, 6:18 pm
Labor court orders doctors back to work after day-long strike to protest overhaul
IMA says it disagrees with decision but will honor it after Health Minister Arbel requests injunction to end wildcat action; more strikes threatened
By Renee Ghert-Zand and ToI Staff
Doctors demonstrate against the judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv on July 18, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)
July 24, 2023, 11:36 pm
Medical Association announces 24-hour general strike Tuesday in healthcare system
Hospitals and clinics in Jerusalem will not be affected, and emergency and critical care services will function as scheduled; Health Ministry weighs asking for injunction
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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