{"id":26133,"date":"2025-06-08T22:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T19:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=26133"},"modified":"2025-06-08T20:23:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T17:23:32","slug":"october-7-lessons-drive-emergency-readiness-at-southern-israel-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/october-7-lessons-drive-emergency-readiness-at-southern-israel-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"October 7 Lessons Drive Emergency Readiness at Southern Israel Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent days, Soroka University Medical Center in Be\u2019er Sheva held a drill simulating the hospital&#8217;s ability to independently operate a full-scale blood donation system\u2014without relying on Israel\u2019s central blood bank.<\/p>\n<p>The exercise was part of the implementation of a new protocol formulated after the October 7 attacks. Under the new procedure, the hospital activates a complete internal blood donation system\u2014from setting up the collection station to issuing ready-to-use blood units\u2014all within just six hours.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26136\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26136 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-56-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-56-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-56-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-56-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-56-1536x1025.webp 1536w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-56.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Destruction in Kibbutz Kissufim following the October 7 attack | Photo: Chaim Goldberg\/Flash90<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For such an operation to succeed, multiple systems must work together: blood bank teams, laboratories, information systems, medical transport, security and logistics units, and coordination with Magen David Adom (MDA). The drill ensured that in an emergency, all components of this network would operate quickly, precisely, and in full coordination.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Life-Saving Operation<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cIn extreme situations, we may suddenly need a large increase in blood units\u2014without being able to rely on external deliveries,\u201d explained Prof. Moti Klein, head of the emergency headquarters and director of the general intensive care unit at Soroka. \u201cIn the past, we\u2019ve seen the incredible willingness of visitors, family members, and caring individuals who come here wanting to help. This is how we can turn that willingness into life-saving action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Anat Gonen, Soroka\u2019s emergency preparedness coordinator, said: \u201cOctober 7 showed us just how critical it is to be ready at any moment\u2014even for the most extreme scenarios.\u201d She explained that one of the most important decisions made that Saturday was to request blood units from the central blood bank already in the morning. \u201cIt\u2019s our responsibility to ensure that in real time, all systems function in full coordination\u2014because preparedness means saving lives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new protocol developed after October 7 will help hospitals prepare for emergency blood collection: \u201cPreparedness means saving lives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":26135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,97,85,6],"tags":[4189,6565,6569,6564,6567,6566,3982,1889,1514,6568,6563],"class_list":["post-26133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-health","category-positive-moment","category-security","tag-beer-sheva","tag-blood-donation","tag-dr-anat-gonen","tag-emergency-drill","tag-emergency-medicine","tag-hospital-preparedness","tag-israeli-healthcare","tag-magen-david-adom","tag-october-7","tag-prof-moti-klein","tag-soroka"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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