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HOSPITALS UNABLE TO COPE

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Title HOSPITALS UNABLE TO COPE.
Scope and content The position in Israel's hospitals is becoming worse so far as overcrowding is concerned. In the winter months illness caused by adverse weather, particularly of the elderly, has meant that some hospital departments have become hopelessly overcrowded. One hospital in the centre of the country reported 175% occupancy of its internal medicine ward. It is hoped that current construction projects will be able to ease the situation within two years. In the meantime patients and medical staff are having to cope with intolerable conditions. Many patients have to be transfered to hospitals out of their area, while less ill patients are sent home early. At Petach Tikvah's Beilinson Hospital, one of the biggest and advanced in Israel, doctors started an emergency schedule that meant they would work fewer hours to be able to rest after treating so many patients. Beilinson, in common with many other hospitals, is so overcrowded that many patients have their beds in corridors. To add to the woes of the hospitals the countries largest sick fund Kupat Holim which covers over 70% of the population is very sick itself, having debts of millions of dollars. Medical staff working in the sick fund's hospitals have been threatened with job cuts as well as late payment of salaries. The response has been new sanctions by doctors. Photo shows: The picture shows patients in the corridor of an internal medicine department in Tel-Aviv's Ichilov hospital.
Creation Date 1993
Notes המידע אודות התצלום נמסר על ידי יוצר האוסף, מר דן הדני
Genre negative
Call number at Current Custodian הספרייה הלאומית, ארכיון דן הדני
IPPA-22302-000-34
Additional Place צולם בתאריך: 07 בינואר 1993
Extent 1 photograph : color
35 mm..
Host Item ארכיון דן הדני.
Language No linguistic content
Call Number ARC. 4* 1995 30 22302 34
Access Rights online_resources
Level of Description File Record
Credits ארכיון דן הדני, האוסף הלאומי לתצלומים על שם משפחת פריצקר, הספרייה הלאומית The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection, The National Library of Israel
National Library system number 990040345860205171
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ארכיון דן הדני, האוסף הלאומי לתצלומים על שם משפחת פריצקר, הספרייה הלאומית The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection, The National Library of Israel

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