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The Need
When it was opened in its new format in 2001, the Emergency Department at Soroka was the most
modern such facility in the country. Even then, it was busy. Today, it has become the busiest and
most crowded in Israel, with approximately 250,000 visits annually. It is safe to say that few EDs
around the world have a comparable scope of activity.
The number of currently available treatment bays in the trauma unit is not sufficient for patient
needs, and certainly not for the region’s expected population growth.
