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Arab citizens of Israel belong to the same health care system as that of all other citizens of the country. Gaza Strip resident giving birth to quadruplets at an Israeli hospital, 2008. The quality of medical care in Israel is significantly better than anywhere in the West Bank and Gaza.
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, the smoking rate in the Israeli adult population in 2009 was 20.9%, down from 34% in 2000. [13] A Ministry of Health nationwide survey conducted in 2011 found that 20.6% of the population aged 21 and older were smokers. [14]
In January 1995, Israel's national health insurance law went into effect, creating a compulsory health care system based on four service providers: Clalit, Leumit, Maccabi, and Meuhedet. Clalit is the largest of the four health funds with around 4.6 million insured members, representing slightly over half of the Israeli population in 2020.
Interviews with Israeli health professionals and providers reveal a common feeling of betrayal from other scholars, colleagues and counterparts, writes Dr. Leana Wen.
The Ministry of Health (Hebrew: מִשְׂרַד הַבְּרִיאוּת, translit. Misrad HaBri'ut ) is a ministry in the Israeli government , responsible for formulating health policies. The ministry plans, supervises, licenses, and coordinates the country's health care services. [ 1 ]
Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center ... (palliative care) Ma'ale Adumim. Amal, Hod Adumim (geriatric, rehabilitation) ... List of hospitals in Israel.
The hospital was established in 1948 as Israel's first military hospital, to treat Israeli casualties of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It was founded in a cluster of abandoned military barracks from the Mandate era, and was originally known as Army Hospital No. 5. Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion had it renamed Tel HaShomer Hospital.
Israeli bombardment of Gaza since has killed more than 48,000 people, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, reduced much of the enclave to rubble, and led to a humanitarian ...