Tag: Medical Staff
The medical specialists who left all behind to volunteer in Israel
Mere hours into the Oct. 7 onslaught, the Israeli Health Ministry received dozens of applications from medical teams abroad who wanted to come to Israel and volunteer.
It received requests from some 7,500 physicians from...
Israel approves $17 million in appreciation grants for COVID-19 medical workers
The Israeli Cabinet on Wednesday approved a decision by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to allocate 55 million shekels ($17.1 million) in grants for medical and health-system employees involved in treating COVID-19 patients.
“The special grant...
March of the Living awards Dr. Anthony Fauci ‘Moral Courage in Medicine Award’
To mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, which this year begins on the evening of April 7, International March of the Living, together with the Maimonides Institute for Ethics and the Holocaust, the Miller Center at...
March of the Living virtual event to honor medical profession, past and present
The International March of the Living will hold a virtual march on Holocaust Remembrance Day to be led by Holocaust survivors and Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion, Jewish Agency chair Isaac Herzog, Keren-Kayemet...
Young doctors enlisted to help fight Israel’s war on coronavirus
As Israel battles the coronavirus pandemic, its health-care system has emerged as its first and foremost line of defense, thrusting medical teams to the front line.
Ensuring adequate care for the growing number of seriously...
Spike in COVID-19 cases could bring Israel’s hospitals to their knees, warns official
The Israeli health-care system is on the brink of collapse and will soon no longer be able to ensure coronavirus patients receive adequate care, health officials warned on Monday amid new data indicating that...
349 Israelis in serious condition as coronavirus death toll rises to 554
More than 22,000 coronavirus tests conducted in Israel from midnight Sunday to midnight Monday resulted in 1,801 new confirmed cases, the Health Ministry reported on Tuesday.
According to Health Ministry data, as of Tuesday afternoon,...
Israel’s nurses go on strike in protest over staff shortages
Nurses across Israel launched a strike on Monday to protest staff shortages, which have added to the heavy strain they already endure as they battle the coronavirus pandemic.
Representatives of the Nurses Association and the Finance Ministry...
Edelstein: Israel will likely have to initiate a full lockdown next week
In a tense meeting of top officials on Tuesday, Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein said that unless the country’s COVID-19 numbers don’t change within the next three days, “there would be no option but...