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Yiffat Elimelech, a patient in intensive care in the coronavirus ward of Hadassah medical center in Jerusalem. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
Medical staff and patients at a Jerusalem hospital said it is collapsing under the strain of the third wave coronavirus outbreak in Israel in a report published on Tuesday.
A Channel 12 news crew went into the sealed coronavirus ward of the capital’s Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem to report on the struggle to care for patients there amid a shortage of beds and equipment.
“The first wave was a shock for us because we weren’t familiar with the disease. After a few shifts we said, ‘Ok, I understand what’s going on.’ But the third wave has hit us hard,” said Claudia Foji, a nurse in the intensive care unit for coronavirus patients. “We’re at war,” she said.