Response from Ichilov Hospital: “This is an outstanding ward that treats corona patients in a critical condition. The hospital management backs the work of the dedicated staff who work days and nights to care for the most severely corona patients. An initial investigation conducted during the hospital’s management Saturday revealed that the ventilator had been torn out of place, but in the face of multiple simultaneous alerts in the intensive care unit, the staff who were busy responding to emergency alerts in other patients were able to evacuate and detect it only after a few minutes. We experience a heavy load that challenges the team. “In view of the heavy workload and the increase in morbidity, the hospital’s management has decided to reduce beds and reduce the proportion of activities in favor of further reinforcement of staff for the treatment of corona patients.”
The hospital added: “We will draw the necessary conclusions. The hospital has updated the family on the details of the incident and is participating in the heavy mourning.”
In addition, the Ministry of Health will ask to receive from Ichilov the details of the initial investigation of the incident, and later an investigation committee will probably be set up for the case.