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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 344

Knesset Health Committee

Nisan Calderon, whose brother Ofer is held hostage in Gaza, speaks at a Health Committee meeting at the Knesset on March 4, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 4, 2024, 11:52 pm
‘I can’t breathe anymore’: At Knesset, emotional hostage relatives beg for better care
Survey of families shows many are suffering mentally, neglecting their health, with friends and families also deeply affected; relatives say far too little is being done to help
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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
Israelis held hostage since October 7 are transferred by Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists to the Red Cross in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on November 28, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
December 5, 2023, 6:00 pm
Health Ministry says Hamas drugged released hostages to make them appear happy
Knesset committee urges ministry to send international health organizations an official report with evidence of the drugging and other disturbing post-release medical findings
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman Tov speaks at a Knesset Health Committee session about the impact on Israel's mental health services of Hamas's October 7 onslaught, November 13, 2023. (Knesset Spokesperson)
November 14, 2023, 10:23 am
Several survivors of rave massacre involuntarily committed to psychiatric hospitals
Israel’s already struggling mental health services overburdened by impact of Hamas onslaught, unable to say how many people will need long-term treatment
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A member of the medical staff at Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem in Jerusalem on August 25, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)
May 15, 2023, 10:55 pm
Knesset Health Committee approves reform of private health insurance market
Changes aim to eliminate duplicate costs for consumers who pay for both commercial policies and premium-level HMO coverage, garnering praise from some activists
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A woman shops for matzah at a supermarket in Jerusalem on March 31, 2020. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90/File)
March 1, 2023, 10:52 pm
Softened bill banning Passover ‘hametz’ from hospitals cleared for first reading
After fiery debate, MKs tweak legislation to give hospital directors more control over how to keep leavened goods out during Jewish holiday, rather than imposing a blanket ban
By Judah Ari Gross
A memorial and awareness day for Yemenite children said to have disappeared in Israel's formative years, in Jerusalem on July 31, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 17, 2022, 5:24 am
MKs push to release report of Health Ministry’s action in Yemenite children affair
Unpublished report by former deputy director general Prof. Itamar Grotto is rejected by ministry’s legal adviser during turbulent Health Committee hearing
By ToI Staff
A medical technician tests a traveler for COVID-19 at Ben Gurion Airport, on June 30, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
April 26, 2022, 2:37 pm
Health Ministry says new COVID variant not raising alarms yet
Knesset committee told officials will meet in coming weeks to discuss lifting further restrictions, including quarantine for positive cases
By ToI Staff
Health Ministry Director-General Nachman Ash speaks during a meeting at the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan on October 24, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 22, 2022, 1:25 pm
Seriously ill cases drop, but top health official warns Omicron wave still not over
Daily caseload down to 12,930; Nachman Ash says burden on health system took a toll in lives lost, but hospitals did not collapse
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of anti-vaccine activist Valentina Nalin as she participated in a Knesset Health Commitee meeting on COVID-19 vaccines, November 16, 2021. (Israel Hayom)
November 16, 2021, 5:47 pm
Anti-vaxxer addresses Knesset video conference — apparently invited by mistake
Activist speaks out against top health official at committee discussion on giving COVID-19 vaccine shots to children aged 5-11
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
A man is restrained by security guards after drinking cannabis oil during a hearing of the Knesset Health Committee on legalizing medical marijuana. (Screen capture: Knesset Channel)
June 4, 2018, 6:04 pm
Man downs bottle of cannabis oil in Knesset, is booted out
Visitor to parliament tells committee he suffers from PTSD and wants to prove that medical marijuana is safer than pills
By ToI Staff
File: Health Minister Yaakov Litzman. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
January 20, 2016, 1:45 pm
Israel seeks to let general practitioners prescribe cannabis
Move would ensure ‘dignity’ of patients, could be implemented within six months, health minister says
By ToI Staff
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