MEDICINE IN THE GALILEE: FACTS, INSIGHTS AND OPERATIVE THOUGHTS - PUBLIC APPEAL TO A PARADIGM CHANGE

In Israel, considerable gaps are found on all quality and other measures of health between the north and south districts and Israel's center. Although the Ministry of Health leads a policy of reducing the existing gaps in medical services in the periphery, not enough has yet been done. The conclusions of various committees strove to narrow these gaps but none have been implemented. In this article we propose a new paradigm, pooling resources and other proposals to improve health care services in the north and south districts of Israel.