About a third of the oncology patients in the south are forced to travel to the center

It is not recommended to be a cancer patient, and certainly not in the periphery: In a discussion of the Knesset Committee, the 10,000 oncology patients were exposed in the southern and northern Israel.

According to the committee chairman, MK Ions from whistles (Shas) “many oncology patients are forced to travel long distances to get life-saving medical treatment. Reducing the gaps in oncology services are necessary, and we are obliged to ensure that every citizen has an equitable approach to quality medical treatment, regardless of his place of residence. ” Effective and more advanced.

The Cancer War Association updates that during the year 24, some 33,570 women and men with cancer were diagnosed in Israel, and since 31% of the total population live in a geographical periphery, it is estimated that it is about 10,407 new cancer patients each year, which also joins the circle sufferers of health in accessibility For services oncologists – in addition to their illness.

Moshe Bar-HaimThe Association’s CEO, emphasized that “the gaps in Israel in access to medical services – can be reduced. An important tool for creating quality metrics to perform the actual oncology services. This will be possible to get a wide image on an annual basis, set gaps, and invest in the right places. Thanks to the public donations, we invested in a mammogram that comes to the periphery, in an oncology sorting room, in a children’s day-to-day department, in hospital hospice, emotional support centers and other activities for the patients and recovery in the periphery. But alongside these initiatives, a national plan is required, and it is essential to operate applied tools to reduce the gaps. ”

According to him, partially impressive of standards with the Association, you can learn about the lack and need, and are a psychologist for the hemato-oncology at the Haemek Medical Center, an Arab-spokeswoman in Hadassah Mount Scopus and the gates of Zedek, a Paliative sister in the Upper Galilee. Cancer for over 20 years, and despite the need, a device has not yet been absorbed.

According to Prof. Ido WolfHead of School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, 12,000 people are getting rid of cancer in Israel every year, and there is a lack of drugs and oncology tests for the drug basket, and the necessity of the patient’s computerized analysis in the periphery in front of the supply of tests and institutes. Most patients would prefer to travel. Over the past decade, there has been a large increase in number and the scraps of radiation, a radiation institute has been established in the “Valley” with a branch in Kiryat Shmona, and the collaboration between the institutes in the large hospitals should be increased-to those small.

Dr. Hani SchroderDirector of Policy Planning at the Ministry of Health, said that 59% of the treatments were done in four large hospitals in Israel, Ichilov, Sheba, Beilinson and Rambam. In the Northern District, about 12% (28,566) of the treatments were performed in hospitals in the center and Jerusalem, in Haifa, about 18% (40,797) of the treatments were performed in hospitals in the center and Jerusalem. Choose to travel to another district and not receive the treatment near their home.

Dr. Bracha ZisserThe “Ezer Mitzion” director, said about 30 hospitality rooms in the “Oranit House” that the association operates and is free to cancer patients from the periphery, with many of the rooms being populated by evacuees from the north and south. Mental and physical support, music and art treatments, the patient’s support – that they need assistance in funding these treatments.

Dawn workCEO of the “Installation Order and Deleting with Colorectal Cancer,” and the colorectal cancer itself, described the gap through a personal story: “My mother with a lung cancer from Kiryat Gat – an hour -to -half ride in the vehicle, when in public transport is almost impossible Conduct with older cancer that affects the immune system. crazy”.

“Only 40 percent of cancer patients receive the rights they deserve, because they do not turn to exercise them,” Guy Tabori warned Ulka CEO – to change policy in the field of cancer. He said, “This is a result of difficulty in the bureaucratic tangle, gaps between center and periphery and inaccessible to information.” He urged the committee to promote guidance to the health funds to inform patients and the reciprocal, through a message, about their rights. ”

According to Tal Sapir VP of Professional Medical Sabra – Hospital Hospital, “Many speaking about promoting the periphery to the center, so it is imperative to talk about home care. In medical accumulation, we treat patients from Majdals Shams to Eilat, and we have about 2,200 patients at any given moment, the greatest part oncology. Many of them have symptoms and they need a balance, so that not everything has to come to the hospital. You can build with the oncologists in hospitals a suitable treatment plan, so they will not have to travel to hospitals with taxis and families who spend family days. The subject, and will be happy to sit with us, so that we can bring a line together. ”