“The Laniado
hospital’s team continues to treat bravely the Corona patients. I met dedicated
staff members, with extensive clinical and nursing experience, who give their all
for the patients. The solution to the plight of the hospitals is to add
manpower standards. Unmanned ECMO machines or breathing devices will not
provide the necessary response”, – said Prof. Zarka.
The Corona
Commissioner Prof. Salman Zarka toured Laniado Hospital this morning. Prof.
Zarka was received by the Laniado management headed by CEO Mr. Nadav Chen. The
Laniado CEO presented to Prof. Zarka a comprehensive overview of the hospital’s
dealings with the Corona since the outbreak of the first wave and until dealing
with the epidemic and the delta strain in the current fourth wave. The CEO of
Laniado presented to Prof. Zarka the urgent need to add manpower standards to
the internal and intensive care departments, in order to meet the heavy load
placed on the shoulders of the officers. Afterwards, Prof. Zarka toured the
Corona department and the respiratory emergency department, met the staff
members and heard from the staff about the character of their work, the daily
challenges and dealing with a new variant – the delta variant of the corona
virus.
During the tour, Mr.
Nadav Chen, CEO of Laniado Hospital, said: “We have been struggling with
Corona for over a year and a half. During this time we, the seven public
hospitals, have waged a struggle to compare our budgeting with the budgeting of
the hospitals – I expect that the recently signed agreement will indeed be
implemented as written and worded. I ask for your help in immediately adding
medical and nursing manpower standards to the hospital. Manpower is the real
solution to the current situation. Without manpower, we will not be able to
provide treatment, even if we have all the machines”.
Prof. Zarka summed up
the tour and said: “You do dedicated clinical and nursing work that saves
lives every day. There is no doubt that the solution to the heavy burden
currently placed on the shoulders of the staff here in Laniado and other teams
throughout the country is vaccination of the entire population along with the
addition of manpower standards for doctors and nurses. The person is the one
who is at the front around the clock and he is the one who will be able to
operate ECMO machines or breathing devices. The management of the Ministry has
been working for this goal for a long time and I will continue to work for this
goal in the future as well”.
