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Sunday, August 26, 2007"At Rambam we have gathered much expertise over the years in dealing with burns, and we are organized and have conditions that are not available at Tel Hashomer. On average we treat 25-30 cases of serious burns every year. At Tel Hashomer they lack the capabilities and the space for dealing with the injured," Bar-Lavi says. 25-30 cases a year isn't much. That's only about one every two weeks. On the other hand, the country is aiming for a center that can hyper-specialize: In response, the Health Ministry says the plan is to establish a national center to treat burn victims at Sheba. Such victims, spokesmen said, are cared for in the ICUs of most hospitals, except at Sheba, where there is an infrastructure specifically tailored for burn victims' needs, which operates independently from ICUs. Health Ministry statistics, based on data received from the 26 hospitals in the country, show that every six days, there is a new case of a serious burn victim, and every three days there is a case of a person suffering burns of medium severity. posted by Sydney on 8/26/2007 07:50:00 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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