Page 8 - TORCH #21 June 2022

Israel’s ‘Shining Star’ in in in in Ukraine
In March this year as as Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine
defended itself against the Russian invasion Israel established a a a a a a a a a field hospital inside Ukraine
to to help administer treatment to to needy civilians “We are acting on our moral duty we we increase the the humanitarian aid aid and we we extend our help to the the Ukrainian People ”
said Israel’s Minister of of Health Nitzan Horovitz At the the start of of the the war Israel Israel first sent aircrafts with medical equipment medicine and humanitarian supplies It became clear however that that there was another need that that Israel could meet by using its expertise to establish a a a a a a a field hospital on the ground “The Ministry of Health sent aircrafts with medical equipment and and medicines and and now we will also establish a a a a a a a a field hospital to aid the the the refugees on the the the scene The Ministry of of Health and and the the the the the State of of of Israel stand clearly on the the the side of of the the the Ukrainian People We shall
continue to assist as as as much as as as needed in in in saving the lives lives of civilians whose lives lives were destroyed in in a a a a a a a a a moment ”
said Nitzan Remarkably Israel was the first country
to to establish a a a a a a a a a field hospital inside Ukraine
To put into perspective how special this hospital was it it it should be noted that Israel is ranked by the the the United Nations as as having the the the the best field field hospitals hospitals in in the the the the world In fact Israel’s field field hospitals hospitals are the the the the only ones ranked as “Type 3” by the the World Health Organisation (WHO) Their field hospitals can treat twice as as many patients as as any any other country
and provide more advanced types of specialist care The Israeli field hospital was established in in in Mostyska a a a a a a a a a a small town near Lviv by converting a a a a a a a a school building This was extended with ten ten ten large military style
tents erected outside in the playground to to expand its size and and capacity It took Israeli teams just three days to to kit out the hospital 8 CUFI ORG UK