Doctors

Israel's healthcare system sees rising medical student numbers and new university tracks, but severe shortages, rigorous admissions, and a brain drain of doctors persist.

Where do young doctors receive the best training, and in which hospitals is the internship experience less positive? A new survey by the Ministry of Health provides a broad look at the year in which medical school graduates transition from university to field work, and reveals significant gaps in satisfaction between hospitals and departments.

The dramatic moment when doctors debated whether to extract a bullet from a soldier's chest that was endangering him; the gut feeling of the doctor who saved the child and the split-second decision that allowed the family to say goodbye: work in ER departments in Israel requires doctors to make quick decisions during times of load and stress. We spoke with some of the senior doctors in the country...

Precisely in the days when headlines speak of a rise in antisemitism in Australia and tension between the governments, a delegation of senior trauma doctors landed in the country for an unusual visit.

While the number of doctors leaving the country has surged in the last two years, not even 25 million shekels could be found for transporting interns after shifts. Hundreds of millions were "shaved" from the Ministry of Health budget under the whitewashed title of "civilian emergency expenses." This is not a mistake, it is a policy.

New footage from the severe earthquake in Japan shows moments of horror. Emergency cameras at the hospital in the city of Yatsushiro captured doctors shielding a patient with their bodies during surgery as the building shook.

Dr. Sefi Mendelovich, finishing his tenure as Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Health, summarizes the major reforms he led. In an interview, he discusses the “Enablers” team, the introduction of the physician associate profession, and the system's readiness for emergencies.