Four doctors committed suicide at Soroka Hospital in the past 18 months

An intern doctor in one of the internal wards of Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva put an end to his life, probably after a long period of crisis that the hospital was aware of. The circumstances of the incident are unclear at this time. Apparently, from the beginning of the crisis experienced by the young doctor, the department manager and the intern accompanied him by many factors that were aware of the situation. This is the fourth case of a doctor's suicide in the same medical institution in about a year and a half. In July 2018, Director of Surgery Plastic Surgery Department, Dr. Alex Berezovsky, ended his life as he hung himself in the department's operating room plaza. In a letter he left blaming the Medical Regulations (RA). Two months later, he ended his life with a shot by a senior cardiologist, director of a heart unit in Soroka, Dr. Avi Shimoni, 47. Just two months ago, another doctor, probably the circumstances of the incident, happened on a personal background. For his death under the tragic circumstances of a medical staff member at the hospital. The hospital management convenes an urgent hearing following the tragic cases and will announce its steps. We participate in the heavy grief of the family. "
The hospital statement reads: "We are extremely saddened to announce the death of a medical staff member in the hospital. We are part of the family's heavy grief. "At Soroka Hospital and not at this hospital, the burden is very heavy and the staff may have difficulty meeting the burden imposed on them.