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Health Ministry probe of Meron disaster finds hospitals unprepared
Report shows although medical teams at scene and in hospitals acted well, messy and inefficient evacuation process of casualties is ill-prepared for mass-casualty events
Adir Yanko |
Published: 05.04.21 , 16:57
Four days after the disaster on Mount Meron, the Health Ministry on Tuesday conducted a review of the actions of health teams in the incident where 45 men and boys were killed and 150 others were injured.
The report showed that most of the disaster’s victims were evacuated to the Ziv Medical Center in Safed, which according to the ministry was ill-prepared to triage casualties.