Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said of the outline for shortening interns’ shifts: “No one can work 26 hours in a row – neither a driver, nor a teacher nor a specialist doctor. Shortening shifts is critical to decent working conditions for interns, and the health of us all. No one has the authority to break the standard “The new one set by the Minister of Economy, with the Minister of Finance and I. The government is committed to the outline. I welcome the fact that the Prime Minister and the director general of his ministry have intervened and tried to bring about a solution in the coming days, so that hospitals receive the necessary resources.”
“The two years that the health system has been holding the country on its shoulders, these are the people who saved the Israeli economy from collapsing. It is time to make a commitment to them. I am determined to implement the outline of shortening shifts in full,