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From fortified ORs to popup clinics, Israel's medical centers streamline wartime operations

Israel's medical centers have shifted into emergency mode following renewed missile fire from Iran, converting underground parking garages into treatment wards, fortifying operating rooms, and setting up pop-up clinics in hotels for evacuated residents. In Jerusalem, a family doctor established a temporary clinic in a hotel to care for hundreds displaced by a deadly strike, saying that familiar medical support can provide stability during turmoil.

Hospitals across the country activated protocols developed during earlier rounds of fighting, relocating intensive care units and surgical services to protected spaces. At Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba, which was previously hit by a ballistic missile that damaged operating rooms and laboratories, administrators said the facility is operating at the highest level of alert while continuing life-saving care.

In northern and central Israel, medical teams reported moving departments underground faster than in past conflicts, expanding protected inpatient capacity, and refining procedures for infection control and equipment transfers. Hospital leaders acknowledged that treating patients in parking structures is far from ideal but said the experience gained over years of conflict has enabled them to maintain essential services under fire while preparing for future emergencies.

Original article source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/from-fortified-ors-to-popup-clinics-israels-medical-centers-streamline-wartime-operations/
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