Sheba Medical Center Chief Appointed Acting Health Ministry Director
Translated & summarized from Mignews by baba
Professor Yitzhak Kreiss, director of Sheba Medical Center, has been appointed acting Director-General of Israel's Ministry of Health. He will serve in this role until a new government is formed, while also continuing to lead Sheba. Kreiss, a retired IDF medical officer, takes over during a turbulent period for the ministry and faces significant challenges in the Israeli healthcare system.
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- Professor Yitzhak Kreiss appointed acting Director-General of Israel's Ministry of Health.
- Kreiss will continue to lead Sheba Medical Center while serving as acting health ministry director.
- The appointment is temporary, pending the formation of a new government.
- Outgoing Health Minister Haim Katz announced the decision.
- Kreiss previously served as the IDF's chief military medical officer.
- The Israeli healthcare system faces shortages, long waits, and underfunding.
Professor Yitzhak Kreiss, the director of the Sheba Medical Center, has been appointed as the acting Director-General of Israel's Ministry of Health. He will hold this position temporarily until a new government is formed and a permanent head is approved. Kreiss will also continue to lead Sheba Medical Center, a rare precedent in Israeli public service, as the ministry oversees all hospitals while Sheba is the country's largest medical complex.
The decision was announced by outgoing Health Minister Haim Katz. Kreiss, a retired Brigadier General and former chief military medical officer for the IDF, has led Sheba for the past decade, during which the hospital gained international recognition for projects like the "City of Health" concept and the ARC innovation ecosystem.
Kreiss takes over the ministry during a period of significant internal turmoil, following the departure of former Director-General Moshe Bar Siman Tov, who served for nearly nine years. The new acting director will face substantial challenges within Israel's healthcare system, including a severe shortage of specialists, lengthy waiting times for appointments, chronic underfunding, and an increasing emigration of qualified medical professionals.
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