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And so, Dr. Greenberg deals with Covid-19 as I’m sure you’ve read The conversations about identity are left outside. Alla Mohagana
well as important and urgent oncological and about the camaraderie (on the right) and Irina Roizman, ER nurses (Photo: Dean Ariel)
plastic surgeries. at hospitals, that all
care providers work Dr. Yosef Ayzenberg, a senior physician in internal medicine and
Called to the front lines. Dr. Roey Greenberg, resident in together regardless emergency medicine, and director of the Pain Management
plastic surgery (Photo: Dean Ariel) of their formal Service in the ER, describes the important changes in how he
positions. And that’s works during the crisis: The ER staff was divided into three
a fact. Every day, I teams. Everyone works 12-hour shifts, so that each team is
see how everyone completely separate. This also prevents staff from infecting
works together in the each other and avoiding a complete shutdown of the ER in
hospital departments the event of massive spread. This emergency period reminds
and the drive-through Dr. Ayzenberg a bit of his military reserve duty, especially now
testing centers. when he is once again working nighttime duty shifts, as he did
Everyone is committed, years ago during his residency.
all are bound by the
Hippocratic Oath to
provide the same
high level of care to
everyone. During the
never-ending shifts at
Soroka, as a matter
of routine, during the
current crisis - and
in the future, Alaa
and Irina, and the
rest of the staff, all
leave politics and
conversations about
identity outside. In
here, they save lives.