Page 4 - The Frances and Nathan Kirsh Emergency Department

As for the expansion of the Frances Following the completion of Phase Two, Phase Three
and Nathan Kirsh Emergency will include the reorganization of the units within the
Department, over the last several Emergency Department and renovation and refurbishing
weeks, the first stage ended with the of existing interior areas, including the triage area, and
completion of the new access road their adaptation to the new operational approach.
and the relocation of the ambulance
bays, including adjustments made Thank you again for your generous donation and for your
to meet emergency preparedness partnership, which is a major factor in making possible
requirements. Moving the access the far-reaching and vital changes that will take place with
road and ambulance area was the expansion of the Frances and Nathan Kirsh Emergency
necessary to enable the expansion Department. We wish you and your loved ones good
of the Emergency Department itself. health and hope that we will have the privilege of hosting
In May, we received preliminary you once again at the dedication ceremony following the
approval from the local municipal completion of our project.
authority regarding the construction.
We expect to receive the final Best regards,
construction permit in September
2020. Dr. Shlomi Codish
Director General Soroka Medical Center
In November 2020, the second phase
of the construction and expansion
will begin. It will include the
following:

• The expansion of the Emergency
Department and Trauma Unit by
2,000 square meters

• The addition of 41 treatment
stations and four isolation rooms
in the Emergency Department and
two new treatment stations in the
Trauma Unit