Israeli hospitals

Hospitals across Israel begin transferring patients to protected underground units

The opening of the campaign against Iran this morning has put Israel’s health system on a wartime footing. The Health Ministry instructed hospitals to transfer inpatients to protected areas.

 Israeli soldiers and medical staff at the underground hospital at the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, on September 22, 2024.
 An ambulance is seen at the entrance to the emergency room of Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan, Israel, July 15, 2023.

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Silber family members with Shaare Zedek Medical Center staff.

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Private medicine in Israel (illustrative)

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Study: Increasing number of hospital beds won't solve overcrowding

"Conversations with physicians have revealed that they feel additional hospital beds will not significantly change the situation, and that what needs to change are hospitalization procedures."

Doctors treat internal medicine ward patients in Israeli hospital corridors