The information systems are working, patients’ medical history is available, surgical procedures are being performed regularly, the out-patient clinics and other activities are running normally at the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center – which has regained control of its information systems just one month after the cyber attack
The teenager, Omar Fahmawe from Jatt, heard a talk at his school in the morning from a representative of the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center about strokes. At the end of the lecture, he returned home, realized his grandfather was having a stroke, and took him to the hospital
The hospital is continuing with its rapid but gradual process to relaunch the hospital’s computerized information systems. After recovery, they will include the medical history as it existed before the cyber incident, without any leakage of information.
Minister of Health, Nitzan Horowitz, arrived this morning to visit the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center. During a tour of the various departments, the Minister was impressed with what happens at the hospital, particularly with the staff’s professionalism and devotion, despite the cyber attack
Director General of the Medical Center Dr. Mickey Dudkiewicz: “The restoration work is being done with great and unprecedented efforts by information systems experts of all levels and ranks. The patients hospitalized and who come here are given the best help and service, and of course, full medical treatment”
The Hillel Yaffe Medical Center Stroke Unit organized a professional study day for the hospital staff, MDA, and other participants. The conference included a wide range of lectures about diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of strokes
The hospital is working around the clock to return to regular business, with the help of the Ministry of Health, the Hospitals Division, and various computerization experts
The Hillel Yaffe Medical Center wishes to inform you about a totally unexpected ransomware cyber attack which has attacked the hospital’s computer systems
This week, the Hillel Yaffe Medical Center employees began to get vaccinated against the flu virus, in parallel to the third vaccine – the booster – against the coronavirus