Tonight (Saturday), Prime Minister Naftali Bennett instructed the Ministry of Health to conduct a situation assessment regarding the stock of equipment in Israel, and to prepare for a case of a fifth wave of illness, but the Yad Sarah organization clarifies tonight that they are not prepared.
Yad Sara notes that last Thursday, Yad Sara CEO Moshe Cohen addressed the director general of the Ministry of Health, Prof. Nachman Ash, in an urgent letter, informing him that Yad Sara does not have a stockpile of oxygen generators, in case Gal’s prediction of a serious illness comes true. Following the spread of the omicron strain. According to the forecast of the Hebrew University experts, which was presented to the Corona Cabinet, in less than a month, the health system is expected to reach insufficiency.
Yad Sarah calls on the Prime Minister to intervene immediately and ensure an available emergency supply of respiratory equipment in favor of home hospitalization, which will avoid unnecessary mortality as a result of unbearable burden on the inpatient wards.
Yad Sara CEO Moshe Cohen said: “The prime minister must intervene and prevent the danger to lives of thousands of patients. We currently have 340 oxygen generators available and another 150 generators that we are working to put back to use. In the third wave, we lent 2,395 oxygen generators a month (!) To Corona patients. “
In Yad Sara, the director general of the Ministry of Health was contacted last Thursday, in a negative response, which reads: Out of national responsibility, I would like to inform you that, unfortunately, Rabbi Yad Sarah has our ability to respond in the event of a very limited significant wave of illness. “
“Currently, there are 3,254 oxygen generators in the public domain, which we have borrowed at Yad Sarah branches. Our inventory currently includes 340 generators available for loan, and another 154 that are treated in our laboratory in an attempt to return them to use. To clear the ear: January this year Oxygen generators in one month !! As long as the forecasts are fulfilled, and a widespread morbidity wave is expected in relation to the previous waves, we will not be able to provide an answer, without immediate assistance with oxygen generators. I’m raising a red flag! “
“This morning (Thursday),” Prof. Ash wrote, “we sent a written message to anyone who owns an oxygen generator that they took from us, with a request to return the generator, if not used. We hope to return as many generators as possible, but it is clear that hope is not a work plan. I Turns to you personally and asks for your mobilization to allow us to give back to the health system, and help us in the middle with oxygen generators and respiratory equipment.It is possible through a “calling” (as we did with the Ministry of Health in the first wave) or even on loan and we will get back to you immediately after the wave. I would be happy to talk and explain. The issue is really a matter of mental supervision. Regards Moshe Cohen, CEO of Yad Sara