sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
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Due to the effect: unusual congestion in hospitals
Due to the effect: unusual congestion in hospitals
Noticeable hospitals caused a heavy load this morning, Health Ministry estimates, due to illness winter low vaccination rates against influenza.
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פרסום ראשון: 03/01/11, 09:15
First Published: 03/01/11, 09:15 Hospital corridor.
Noticeable load this morning (Monday) in various hospitals.Sorting the children of the Wolfson Hospital in Holon was recorded during the night of 200% occupancy.
A similar percentage of patients recorded in the inner wards Barzilai in Ashkelon - there have been closed to new patients receiving departments.
Schneider Children's Hospital in Petah Tikva, and hospitals in Afula Valley Caramel also recorded a high density of large load of patients.
Ministry of Health said that influenza has led to the sharp increase in winter and sorting requests.
Three emergency rooms were closed yesterday due to heavy load. This is the emergency rooms of hospitals Kaplan streets, the valley in Afula, Barzilai in Ashkelon.
Ministry of Health ordered the MDA to these hospitals for urgent cases only. It was the second time last week it closed at the hospital emergency room the "Mac", where they said that there is occupancy of 150% classification of internal departments.
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Noticeable load this morning (Monday) in various hospitals.Sorting the children of the Wolfson Hospital in Holon was recorded during the night of 200% occupancy.
A similar percentage of patients recorded in the inner wards Barzilai in Ashkelon - there have been closed to new patients receiving departments.
Schneider Children's Hospital in Petah Tikva, and hospitals in Afula Valley Caramel also recorded a high density of large load of patients.
Ministry of Health said that influenza has led to the sharp increase in winter and sorting requests.
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"Ten days has been the most difficult situation," explains director of Hadassah Hospital - Ein Kerem in Jerusalem, Dr. Yuval Weiss. "Winter seems easy for forecasters, but very difficult for doctors," he added. Seasonal virus attacking until two weeks ago mainly adults , some mutated also moved last week to children. (edit - this means A/H1N1 s.s.) "
"The last four years we did not have such a day," hospital director said Wolfson, Dr. Yitzhak Berlowitz. "We work the domino method, passing the hospital staff around, hoping to pass the difficult period. Three emergency rooms were closed yesterday due to heavy load. This is the emergency rooms of hospitals Kaplan streets, the valley in Afula, Barzilai in Ashkelon.
Ministry of Health ordered the MDA to these hospitals for urgent cases only. It was the second time last week it closed at the hospital emergency room the "Mac", where they said that there is occupancy of 150% classification of internal departments.
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