Soroka Medical Center

Soroka Medical Center
Soroka Medical Center, Beersheba
Geography
Location	Beersheba, Israel
Organisation
Hospital type	Teaching/University
Affiliated university	Ben Gurion University
Services
Standards	tertiary care
Emergency department	Level I Trauma Center
Beds	1,063
History
Founded	1959
Links
Website	http://www.soroka.org/
Lists	Hospitals in Israel

Soroka Medical Center is a hospital in Beersheba, Israel. It is the largest medical center in the southern region of the country, and the third largest in Israel with 1,063 beds. It is owned by Clalit Health Services, the largest Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) in Israel. Soroka provides medical care to members of all populations in the region, including Negev Bedouins and Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the faculty of Health Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev whose campus is adjacent to the hospital.

(A cross reference of media reports and lawsuits, points to many more cases of questionable deaths, locally and across the nation)

When corruption cost lives.

In plain language: sick, old and weak are often and conveniently let go. Since the gov pays HMO CLALIT handsomely, where is the money disappearing? Obviously not always to the patient's benefit.

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3372/17 - Mor v Soroka Hospital - בג"ץ 3372/17 אדי מור נ. בית חולים סורוקה

"כי "מהלך האשפוז של המנוחה היה רצוף איפוא כשלים והזנחה " "The hospitalization process was fraught with failures and neglect".

Conclusions

1. A pattern of hospital wrongful deaths labeled as natural deaths emerges.

2. A pattern of misreported causes of death reported to the Ministry of Health emerges.

3. A pattern of intentional wrongful deaths mislabeled as malpractice incidents emerges.

4. A pattern of high risk patients (old, sick or otherwise weak) involved in intentional wrongful death emerges.

5. A pattern of wide systematic cover up of wrongful deaths emerges.

6. A pattern of financial mismanagement.

7. A pattern of operational mismanagement and lack of medical competencies even at senior levels.

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