The Ministry of Health has approved the Feda-Foria Medical Center as a regional trauma center. The Feda-Foria Medical Center near Tiberias is the only center recognized as a regional trauma center in the Eastern Galilee.
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An inspection committee of the Ministry of Health, which visited the hospital last week (Wed), found that it meets the criteria required to receive recognition as a regional trauma center. This is what the director of the medical center, Dr. Erez On, the head of the general medicine department at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Liberant Taub, told.
Dr. Erez On, the director of the medical center thanked the trauma unit team that led the process and all the teams and employees who participated in the evaluations for the significant move and said: “We received amazing news and this is a great pride for all of us for the achievement that indicates excellence in the field.”
Dr. Barak Levitt, director of the trauma unit in the surgical department, added: “We meet the highest standard of care, the wounded receive trauma care at the highest level. In order to achieve recognition as a regional center, we introduced many new services for the initial treatment of the injured, added new and advanced equipment, added professional personnel skilled in the field of trauma. We have made a very significant process and we are already setting the next goal – recognition as a trauma center.”
Dr. Levitt also noted that there has been a significant increase in the number of seriously injured people who are transferred to the trauma room of the Feda-Foria Medical Center in recent months. privacy, choose to transfer the wounded to our care.”
Wisam Najjar, trauma coordinator brother, added: “We train diverse teams in trauma, specialist doctors, interns, medical students as well as paramedics and MDA and pre-hospital teams. We regularly organize seminars and trainings also in real time. A great deal of effort is invested in order to optimize and improve direct communication between all the parties treating the wounded.”