The health ministry recently released its annual quality metrics report for hospitals in Israel for 2023. This report is published yearly and reflects the level of care in medical centers across Israel for a wide range of life-threatening medical conditions. Dr. Anat Ekka Zohar initiated the national quality metrics program about 11 years ago. […]
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Muhannad Hadi, Deputy UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, and Antonia De Meo, Deputy Commissioner-General of the UN agency assisting Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, briefed the Security Council on the dire situation. “For nearly 10 months now, Palestinians and Israelis have lived through untold suffering, grief, sorrow, and loss. More than two million […]
Continue ReadingMore than 60,000 soldiers and civilians have been wounded since Oct. 7 and in the subsequent Operation Swords of Iron – an unprecedented and enormous challenge for the Israeli healthcare system.Thousands are receiving physical and psychological rehabilitation treatment, both inpatient and outpatient. Rehabilitation medicine, which enables patients to regain maximum functionality and return to […]
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WHO’s Dr Gauden Galea said that the impacts are far-reaching including domestic violence, accidents and mental health issues. He called on countries to implement effective policies to reduce drinking. How much are Europeans drinking? The numbers tell a sobering story: men in the region drink nearly four times more than women and 470 million people […]
Continue ReadingMagen David Adom (MDA) rushed a six-month-old baby to the Rambam Health Care Campus in serious condition after he had been forgotten in a vehicle in Haifa. A little after 1:00 p.m. MDA recieved a report of a baby who had been in a closed car for a long time on Kedoshei Hashoah Street […]
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“Simply put – we do not have the necessary conditions in the Gaza Strip for a robust humanitarian response,” UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said in a statement issued in the wake of an attack on one of the agency’s vehicles and the latest Israeli evacuation order in Khan Younis. Children suffer ‘permanent scars’ Ms. Russell began by highlighting the dire […]
Continue ReadingCan you take too much collagen? This is a valid question whether you’re new to the supplement world or have been using them for a while. We all love the idea of glowing skin, strong and healthy hair, and supple joints. But as with anything good, it’s important to know how much is too […]
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UNICEF revealed that 377 children died in 2021 based on data from 23 countries across the vast region. Heat-related illnesses claimed the lives of half of those vulnerable youngsters in the first year of their lives. “Around half of children across Europe and Central Asia – or 92 million children – are already exposed to […]
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In response to an increasing mental health crisis among Israel Defense Forces (IDF) combat veterans, Israeli non-profit organization Healing in Nature (HiN) has launched a new initiative. Designed to address the alarming rise in PTSD and mental health issues amid the ongoing war against Hamas, HiN’s approach combines wilderness retreats with cutting-edge technology and group […]
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In Khan Younis, the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) reported witnessing “thousands of people fleeing” westwards as part of the exodus from the enclave’s southern city amid ongoing hostilities, leaving children traumatized and crying uncontrollably. “Elderly people on the back of donkey carts…disabled people being pushed in wheelchairs through the sand with the belongings […]
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