Following a wave of attacks against medical personnel across Israel, the Israeli Medical Association announced a 24-hour strike that was held on Thursday, May 19th.
The Israeli Medical Association has called for police presence in every emergency room and said that hospitals and clinics need to improve their security. IMA also urged for a change in legislation, so that an attack on medical staff would be treated with the same severity as an attack on a uniformed police officer.
Prof. Zion Hagay, President of the Israeli Medical Association, announced that Thursday’s strike would be just the beginning if changes were not made to protect medical personnel and warned that violence in the health system had become epidemic.