National Center for Emergency Assistance
Health Ministry plans to centralize ambulance services for enhanced emergency response
The Health Ministry plans to bring all ambulances run by local health centers under the National Center for Emergency Assistance (EKAB) to make emergency response more effective, especially in far-off places. The ministry also plans to make more extensive use of private means - ambulances, planes and helicopters - to deal with emergencies, by requisition, if necessary.
Making cots a thing of the past in public hospitals
An electronic platform at the operations headquarters of the National Center for Emergency Assistance that had fallen into disuse has been reactivated on the orders of the Health Ministry in a bid to tackle overcrowding at public hospitals.