The Israeli military on Sunday opened a new coronavirus unit in a converted parking garage at a hospital in northern Israel, in a first-of-its-kind effort by the army to assist the country’s overloaded health care system.
The unit, set up at Haifa’s Rambam Health Care Campus, will utilize some 100 military doctors, nurses and other medical personnel working alongside hospital staff. It is the first time the army has deployed its medical personnel to treat Israeli civilians in the country’s history.
“The purpose of the operation is to support the hospitals in the north and efforts to treat COVID-19 patients,” said Fink, who holds the rank of colonel. Dr. Avi Weissman, Rambam's deputy director, said bringing on the military personnel would ease the work load on staff and also allow the hospital to resume elective surgeries that have been delayed because of the overload.
After appearing to contain its coronavirus outbreak early this year, Israel reopened its economy too fast and the virus quickly returned. Israel, a country of 9 million people, is now grappling with one of the world’s highest infection rates with over 290,000 cases reported so far. It currently has over 850 serious cases, straining the nation’sThe new coronavirus unit marks a new partnership between the hospital, the military and the national Health Ministry.
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