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| Could Israel's hospitals, struggling with COVID-19, handle a new war? |
| 2020-09-30 |
| [JPost] - Hospitals will soon reach capacity in terms of their ability to take in more patients and handle the workloads caused by the pandemic, according to a report on Tuesday from the IDF Military Intelligence and Heath Ministry information center evaluating the rate of coronavirus infection in Israel. The report claimed that it is important to note that this evaluation does not address the capacity of coronavirus units, but the ability of hospitals to treat other sick and injured patients. The Health Ministry accepted this report that was written by IDF Military Intelligence Directorate officers. Sources involved in Israeli security said that that Israelis should be very concerned that a few hundred patients can bring hospitals to their capacity especially in relation to any future war that could break out in the North. A source said that "these statistics point to a national problem with the country's ability to handle any emergency, from natural disasters to pandemics, but also are a warning sign that in the case of a war in the North, a war expected to cause more destruction and casualties than any of Israel’s previous wars, Israel will not be able to treat patients if a few hundred patients bring hospitals to the limits of their capacity." The report also found that at the current rate of infection, even if the rate decreases soon, it will take more than three months to reach the government target of 400 infected per day. ...The Health Ministry published on Tuesday that the number of serious patients in hospitals tops 800, which was previously stated as the upper limit that would cause extreme difficulty for hospitals. Recently, hospital officials said that the real limit is 1,300. Out of 811 serious patients, 239 are in critical conditions, so the number of coronavirus deaths is expected to continue to rise significantly in the coming days. |
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| #1 Better than Hezbollah's. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2020-09-30 13:26 |