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Health Ministry to Evaluate Emergency Plans for H1N1 Outbreak
A special meeting will be held today by Health Ministry Officials, to discuss and evaluate emergency plans submitted by Israel's hospitals, detailing actions that will be taken in the event of a mass outbreak of the Mexican flu this winter. It has been anticipated that Israel will be short on bed in Intensive Care Units. There are only 626 ICU beds throughout Israel.
In Israel to date, 13 people have died of the Mexican flu. (Ha'aretz)