Hospital staff called in to move 200 beds, premature babies to protected areas as fighting begins while medical tests and procedures suspended because equipment and operating theatres at remain under risk from rocket fire
For the duration of the strike, public hospitals across Israel will be operating in “Shabbat mode,” meaning that they will not be performing any non-urgent elective surgeries or running clinics.
Assuta Ashdod hospital has become a cornerstone of the Ashdod community, providing healthcare services, hundreds of jobs and health education to the children and youth of the city.
Health experts say unclear if spike in new cases indicates start of a new infection wave or remains left from previous wave; add removal of most health curbs will lead to more contagion