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Question.After Recovering from Coronavirus, Father and Son Return to Work at MDA
A month after having contracted the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), a father and son have returned to work at the Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency medical service and have rejoined the fight against its spread.
Several weeks ago, Yoel Glat (45), a senior medic in MDA, began to feel unwell. He had not recently returned from abroad, did not encounter a verified Corona patient, and Yoel did not think for a moment he may have contracted the virus.
After an examination at a local clinic, he was referred to Beilinson Hospital, where he was diagnosed with the virus, patient number 29 in Israel. He was transferred to Sharon Hospital, where he was hospitalized for almost two weeks until his condition improved and he fully recovered.
Yoel’s wife and two of his children were also examined and found to be infected and were also admitted to the Sharon hospital.
One of Yoel’s sons, Menachem (20), patient number 48, also works at Magen David Adom as a paramedic on the 101 hotline.
After being released from the hospital on Wednesday, father and son again put on their white uniforms and rejoined their colleagues at MDA in the national combat against Coronavirus.
Yoel said that for him “it was very difficult to know that MDA teams were working around the clock in the fight against the virus, and my hands were completely tied. I don’t ever remember wanting to go back to work so much.”
“From the very first moment, I waited to be released from the hospital and return to MDA,” said Menachem. “I have always loved my job, but I never thought I would miss it until now.”
He said that after being a patient himself his “outlook is completely different.”
“When I help Corona patients or send tests to the homes of people in quarantine, I know what is going on and what is expected ahead for them,” he explained.
MDA teams have become a crucial pillar in Israel’s efforts to stem the spread of Corona in Israel. the organization is entrusted with testing patients at home and is operating the drive-through testing stations at several locations across the country.
After Recovering from Coronavirus, Father and Son Return to Work at MDA
Menachem said that after being a patient himself his “outlook is completely different.”www.jewishpress.com
Question.After Recovering from Coronavirus, Father and Son Return to Work at MDA
A month after having contracted the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), a father and son have returned to work at the Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency medical service and have rejoined the fight against its spread.
Several weeks ago, Yoel Glat (45), a senior medic in MDA, began to feel unwell. He had not recently returned from abroad, did not encounter a verified Corona patient, and Yoel did not think for a moment he may have contracted the virus.
After an examination at a local clinic, he was referred to Beilinson Hospital, where he was diagnosed with the virus, patient number 29 in Israel. He was transferred to Sharon Hospital, where he was hospitalized for almost two weeks until his condition improved and he fully recovered.
Yoel’s wife and two of his children were also examined and found to be infected and were also admitted to the Sharon hospital.
One of Yoel’s sons, Menachem (20), patient number 48, also works at Magen David Adom as a paramedic on the 101 hotline.
After being released from the hospital on Wednesday, father and son again put on their white uniforms and rejoined their colleagues at MDA in the national combat against Coronavirus.
Yoel said that for him “it was very difficult to know that MDA teams were working around the clock in the fight against the virus, and my hands were completely tied. I don’t ever remember wanting to go back to work so much.”
“From the very first moment, I waited to be released from the hospital and return to MDA,” said Menachem. “I have always loved my job, but I never thought I would miss it until now.”
He said that after being a patient himself his “outlook is completely different.”
“When I help Corona patients or send tests to the homes of people in quarantine, I know what is going on and what is expected ahead for them,” he explained.
MDA teams have become a crucial pillar in Israel’s efforts to stem the spread of Corona in Israel. the organization is entrusted with testing patients at home and is operating the drive-through testing stations at several locations across the country.
After Recovering from Coronavirus, Father and Son Return to Work at MDA
Menachem said that after being a patient himself his “outlook is completely different.”www.jewishpress.com
Are they now immune?
I came across this interesting interview of young Israeli’s from a broad cultural spectrum. I found enlightening, refreshing and not what you typically hear. I know Haaretz has a paywall but you can get a certain number of free reads weekly (I do not subscribe but can get free articles). It is worth the read imo.
The questions asked were:
How do you identify politically (right, left or center)?
How do you identify religiously, if at all?
Who did you vote for in the two rounds of elections in 2019?
Who do you plan to vote for in the third round on March 2?
Did you vote for the same party as your parents?
Have you attended any demonstration in the past year – and if so, for or against what?
Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?
Do you see your future in Israel?
How do you most identify?
What do you consider to be the most burning political or social issue facing Israel today?
Do you believe Israel has a special obligation to take in refugees and asylum seekers?
Do you believe public buses should operate in Israel on Shabbat?
Do you believe members of the LGBTQ community deserve full rights?
Do you support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – in other words, the establishment of an independent Palestinian state next to Israel?
Do you support Israeli annexation of the West Bank?
Are you familiar with the nation-state law, and if so, what’s your position on it?
It is impossible to attach all the responses, so I will only do so for one question: What do you consider to be the most burning political or social issue facing Israel today?
The fact that we’re having so many elections, although maybe that’s not so much of an issue anymore. So I guess I’d say it’s all the divisions in society that bother me most.
I’d say the lack of civility in political discourse and the threat to the rule of law. We’ve always taken pride in being the only democracy in the region, and the rule of law was once considered the holy of holies in this country. But these days, I have a harder and harder time explaining how Israel is different from other regimes in the area
The high cost-of-living, especially housing prices. I have less interest in politics because of the whole mess we’re in with this government.
For me, there are two. One is the growing racism in the country – against Ethiopians, against Arabs and against Mizrahi Jews. The other is the discrimination against those who are not considered as Jewish as I am. I have a friend like that, whose mom isn’t Jewish, and as a result,he doesn’t get the same benefits as me.
As I see it, there are three big issues. One, whether we like it or not, security will always be a top issue on the national agenda. Two, our health and welfare systems are in great need of improvement. And three – and this is something that has become particularly obvious in the past year – are the divisions among different groups in Israeli society. In many cases, the problem is that these groups don’t know each other, and something has to be done about that.
What really bothers me is the climate crisis, but it’s not an Israeli problem specifically. I’m also really troubled by the fact that there’s no functioning government in the country and that our prime minister has been indicted.
Widening socioeconomic gaps.
Getting a government elected that will show some respect for all the different groups in society.
It seems to change every month, but in general I’d say it’s the growing socioeconomic gaps. It bothers me that that there are so many children in this country who don’t have equal opportunities.
Violence in the Arab community.
In one word - "Haaretz"
The publication with the lowest circulation of the radical left;
that in Israel has widely become synonymous with deception and deceit.
Broadly feeding on identity politics for vulgar incitement, and subversion against the society, and has been caught on bold lies probably even more than the infamous Pal. Info Center.
Coyote, you say it's "refreshing", "enlightening", but in-spite obviously knowing what I've written above, and been shown that numerous times, you have the audacity to claim it's "not what you typically hear", yet with simple examination of your posting history on the subject, in 99% of the times that's been the only source you've been quoting for years.
So let's drop the denial that what's lurking behind your "not what you usually hear",
is anything more than shallow pretense.
(P.S. However to try be fair, give you the benefit of the doubt, which in my view you don't deserve, yet in slightest hope that there's a chance you ever come to terms with reality, I'll point to one of various lies presented in the article, the most obvious one - the publication (on its own initiative) edited into the supposed answer of one of the interviewees the allusion that Meretz was a "Left-wing Zionist party", which they expressly deny, removing any mention of the word "Zionist" from political platform. This is just one of the typical lies and deception constantly insinuated through their publication.
And I wouldn't be surprised if Meretz actually sued them for this, which would be far from the first time they had to face, and pay for libel charges. )
Haredi Girl Cradles 9 Children Whose Parents Were Hospitalized with COVID-19
Tamar, 16, the daughter of Hatzalah deputy director-general Lazer Hyman, agreed to move into the home of the Bochris family in Tel Tsiyon, a Haredi neighborhood of Kochav Yaakov in Benjamin, to devote herself to caring for the family’s 9 children after both patterns had been hospitalized with the coronavirus.
The mother of the family gave birth only a few days ago, and the baby was separated from her immediately after the delivery. The eldest Bochris child, a girl, is 13.
Tamar did not know the children before the outbreak of the virus. She told News 13 how tough it had been to raise the children without parental authority.
The tearful mother was also interviewed, and related the enormous hardship involved in leaving her children alone, immediately after giving birth.
Tamar is planning to spend the seder night with the children.