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,T,eSsotrionkgatoMPeadtiiceanltCs’eHntoemr eBsr,i,ngs Almog Boker: And lack of treatment can lead to blindness. There are other
patients who, like Dina, are afraid or unable to leave home.
Transcript of channel 13 news report, April 2020
In light of this situation, Soroka Medical Center, the Beer-Sheva Municipality,
Tamar Ish-Shalom: This evening too, Almog Boker brings us the Lions Club, and United Hatzalah have joined together to launch an extraordinary
a little something good in the spirit of the times. initiative that brings the treatment to the patients.
Good evening, Almog.
Dr. Noam Yanculovich, a retinologist at Soroka Medical Center: The situation
Almog Boker: Yes. Good evening. Recently, we have seen quite is that patients need the shot, because if it isn’t received on time irreversible
a few people who have had to forgo their medical treatment damage and loss of vision can result, so we made the decision to go to
because of their concerns regarding the coronavirus and the patients’ homes.
because they are unable to leave home. Soroka Medical Center
has decided to solve this problem in a creative way that, Eliad Tovot, United Hatzalah Beer-Sheva: After three weeks of patients not
on the one hand, allows patients to receive treatment, and, receiving treatment, we are glad to see that they are now getting the treatment.
on the other, doesn’t require them to leave home.
Inna Shusterman, Director of Nursing at the Ophthalmology Clinic at Soroka
So the treatment actually comes right to the patient’s home Medical Center: Are you ready to go get our next patient, please?
and all that’s left for them to do is to go downstairs, receive
the treatment in an ambulance that has been prepared for Almog Boker: The United Hatzalah ambulance has become a sterile treatment room.
that purpose, and simply return home after a few minutes.
A doctor and nurse from Soroka come all the way to the patient’s home
Here’s the story.
and now all they have to do is go down to the parking lot and enter the mobile
* I’m covering it in a disposable gown. treatment room set up in the back of the ambulance.
Almog Boker: Every month, Dina, who suffers from macular Inna Shusterman: We have to put on our protective gear and start the process.
degeneration, comes to the Ophthalmology Clinic at Soroka
Medical Center in Beer-Sheva. Dr. Noam Yanculovich: We maintain all the best conditions to prevent infections
and keep patient and staff safe.
*: We’re starting. We’re not talking now. Good luck.
*: How are you, Yuri?
Almog Boker: But now Dina is worried about coming to
the Medical Center because of the coronavirus. Yuri: Well, very well.
*: Do you live alone? Almog Boker: At the end of each examination, United Hatzalah volunteers
disinfect the ambulance to prevent infection and immediately afterwards
Dina: Yes. the medical crew goes on to the next patient.
Inna Shusterman: People welcome us with open arms.
They’re as moved as we are, and we hope that what we are doing helps.
Tamar Ish-Shalom: A little something good.