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• Team training took place on the measures required to ensure
safety and on treating cases of complex illness and ventilated
patients while wearing special protective gear. Staff members and
volunteers were also trained as respiratory care assistants.

• At the same time, the Emergency Department teams continue
to provide regular treatment on a daily basis to hundreds of
patients, including soldiers from the various bases throughout the
Negev.

• Since the outbreak of the corona virus, over 5000 patients have
been treated at the dedicated respiratory Emergency Department
compound. Now, as we cope with the challenges posed by the
second wave of the virus, we also expect another, perhaps even
more significant, wave of illness in the coming months with the
combination of COVID-19 and winter illnesses such as influenza
and the possibility that it may catastrophically overwhelm the
Israeli healthcare system.

• We are working to prepare additional complexes and respirators
for the hospitalization of COVID-19 patients that will enable us to
provide services to dozens more patients.

I would like to share with you a link to a news report that was
recently broadcast on Israel TV: https://youtu.be/ExorAf1PQL0.

The report describes how we are coping with the virus and
highlights the challenging work in the ER.