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Ilana Cohen (R), chairwoman of the National Association of Nurses, arrives for a meeting at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on August 7, 2018 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 7, 2018, 11:36 pm
Health Ministry, nurses union reach deal to end strike
Ministry says it will substantially increase security for medical workers over uptick in violence
By TOI staff
Nurses strike at Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in protest of violence against medical personnel, July 4, 2018 (Courtesy Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital)
August 7, 2018, 9:32 am
Nurses go on strike over violence against medical staff
Late-night negotiations with Finance and Health ministries fail to produce an agreement on demands to address increasing attacks on health care professionals by patients
By TOI staff
Overcrowding at hospitals has forced many patients to lie on beds in the corridors, like this man at Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon on Monday. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
January 30, 2013, 4:16 am
Israel a world leader in flu vaccine, health expert says
Some hospitals report as high as 150% occupancy, experts warn of system-wide collapse
By Asher Zeiger
A nurse from Bikur Holim Hospital in Jerusalem appears at the National Labor Court during a staff strike in early November, 2012 (photo credit: Oren Nahshon/Flash90)
December 3, 2012, 12:42 am
Clalit nurses begin strike as talks with Finance Ministry stall
A manpower crisis and pay hikes are at the core of the dispute; negotiations scheduled to resume Monday afternoon
By Philip Podolsky
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