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Hospital chiefs express alarm over rise in COVID-19 patients
In urgent letter to Health Ministry officials, directors say immediate steps must be taken to slow spread of coronavirus so that we can continue to provide necessary medical care to all patients, those with virus as well as all the others
Adir Yanko |
Published: 01.03.21 , 18:36
The heads of hospitals in Israel on Sunday wrote to the Health Ministry expressing concern over the rise in hospitalization for COVID-19 patients, and urged the government to take further health mitigation measures. Immediate steps must be taken to slow the spread of coronavirus so that we can continue to provide the necessary medical care to all patients, those with the virus as well as all others, said the letter penned by Dr. Eytan Wirtheim, director of Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva and Prof. Arnon Afek, deputy director of Sheba Medical Center, Israel s largest hospital.