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Israel's Hospital chiefs warned Sunday that they are facing a shortage of ECMO machines for treating some critical coronavirus patients, and that the Israeli healthcare system could be “on the way to total failure” if more funds are not allocated immediately.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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According to Hebrew media reports, the heads of Israel’s major hospitals made the comments in a meeting with top Health Ministry officials to assess the pressures they are facing as a result of the ongoing fourth coronavirus wave.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Ynet reported that the director-general of the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, Prof. Masad Barhum, told Health Ministry officials at Sunday’s meeting that, given the current situation of shortages, medics may need to assess which patients would be given the machines.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“The State of Israel must make a decision on whether to buy more ECMO machines — because there is definitely going to be a need for triage here,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The hospital chiefs also said they lack enough ICU beds, Channel 12 news reported.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“There’s a problem of manpower,” Nachman Ash, the ministry’s director, was quoted as saying by Army Radio.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The CEO of the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Dr. Mickey Halbertl said that the hospital was oversubscribed and close to being unable to take in any more patients, according to Ynet.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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“If it were not for the mortality rate, we would be full… This is negligence,” he was quoted as saying.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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The warnings came as serious COVID-19 cases have begun rising again, after appearing to plateau earlier this month.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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According to Health Ministry statistics released Sunday evening, the number of Israelis hospitalized in serious condition with COVID has risen to its highest level in close to three weeks.<\/span><\/p>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_columns":"0","content_date_start":"2021-09-20 08:48:33","content_date_finish":"2021-09-20 08:48:33","content_date_register":"2021-09-20 08:59:32","content_date_last_edit":"2021-09-20 08:59:38","content_show_img":"1","content_show_details":"0","content_show_related_img":"0","content_show_slider":"1","content_show_title_slider":"1","content_comment":"1","content_score":"0","content_recorded":"0","content_confirmed":"0","content_status":"1","content_kind":"0","old_id":"0","tag_id":null,"tag_word":null,"tag_service":null,"tag_total":null,"tag_soundex":null,"attach_token":"1621030728","attach_date_register":"2021-09-20 08:59:33","attach_id":"494881","attach_file_ext":"jpg","attach_file_header":"image\/jpeg","attach_img_type":"2","attach_img_width":"1216","attach_img_height":"804","attach_file_media":"1","attach_show_watermark":"1","score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"visit_count":"318","visit_date_last":"2025-05-11 06:34:59","attach_title":"Israel facing medical crisis amid Covid infections climbing\n 2","node_title":"news,Top news,Latest news","ot_node_left_right":"[{\"node_id\":122, \"left\":2, \"right\":53},{\"node_id\":143, \"left\":47, \"right\":48},{\"node_id\":144, \"left\":49, \"right\":50}]"}]]