HEART ATTACKS RISE BY 35 PERCENT IN ISRAEL AFTER GAZA WAR: STUDY

Mon 04 March 2024:

A study conducted by the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem indicates a 35-percent increase in the number of urgent cardiac cases treated at the unit during the first three months of the war in Gaza.

The study, published by Israel’s Channel Seven broadcaster, showed that there was a significant increase in the number of urgent heart cases among the Jewish population, both men and women. The number of hospitalised patients among the Arab population in Israel have decreased.

Nearly 100 urgent heart attacks were treated during the first three months of the war, compared to just 63 in the corresponding period last year, an increase of 35 percent.

“We clearly see the impact of the war period on the public. Stress, anxiety and fear as we have all witnessed and continue to experience to this day are important factors in the development of important heart events,” Elad Asher, director of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Shaare Zedek, was quoted by the report as saying.

War deprives women and youth of sufficient psychological therapists

67% felt psychological harm as a result of the war. In this context, it should be noted that the damage is similar among the Jewish population and the Arab population in Israel.

It also shows that one out of every five Israelis and one out of four women and young people are interested in undergoing mental health treatment or have already started such treatment, according to a new survey conducted for the Pa’amonei Ruah (Wind Chimes) organization by the Geocartography Institute.

The survey was conducted in the second week of February among 402 respondents aged 18 and over, who are a representative sample of the entire Israeli population. The survey shows that 67% of the respondents answered that they experienced psychological damage as a result of the war.

The survey also shows that 21% of the respondents answered that they avoided going to mental health treatment as a result of a lack of available therapists. About a quarter (26%) of those who reported mental harm answered that they avoided going to mental health care because of the shortage.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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