Gamzu on the death of a 47-year-old corona patient: ‘I take responsibility’

Gamzu on the death of a 47-year-old corona patient: ‘I take responsibility’

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“It is my responsibility to provide quality medical care and, on that Friday night, we were unsuccessful,” said Prof. Ronni Gamzu, head of Tel Aviv’s Sourasky Medical Center. “I take responsibility.”

The former coronavirus commissioner, who spent three months at the forefront of the country’s battle with COVID-19, was responding to the tragic death of Moshe Harazy, 47, in the Yad Eliyahu neighborhood in Tel Aviv. He died on Friday night when his ventilator’s breathing tube came off and the team did not detect him in time.

As a result, the medical center has reduced its general care beds to add more support staff to the coronavirus units.

Gamzu told Radio KAN that “he will do his best to visit the family and offer a personal explanation”. He said he already went to visit his own team and strengthen it over the weekend.

“It is very complex,” he told the radio station. “This shouldn’t happen and we will all learn a lesson. I will not lie – the large number of cases are taking their toll. “

Israeli hospitals have been exploding in recent weeks, opening additional coronavirus units as the daily patient count continues to rise.

As of Sunday morning, nearly 2,000 people were being treated in Israeli hospitals, including more than 1,200 in serious condition. About 272 were intubated.

“You always need to make sure that someone is watching,” admitted Gamzu. He said that this “medical malfunction” has led to a loss of life that he is very sorry about.

“I immediately thought to myself that I, as director of the hospital, was wrong,” he added. “At every moment, difficult decisions need to be made.”

He added that if a family member were sitting next to the patient, something like that would not happen, but in the age of the coronavirus, “it is not practical”.

Harazy leaves a wife and five children.

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