Sheba Tel Hashomer Medical Center in Israel established a psychiatric unit for coronavirus patients, breaking a new ground in the world. He is the head of the psychiatry department at the medical center in Sheba. Mark Weiser will be responsible for the 16-bed psychiatric ward. Dr. “As part of our commitment to the weaker populations, we opened a special psychiatry department for corona patients,” Mark Weiser said at a press conference on March 26, to participants from 19 countries. Weiser explained that some psychiatric patients diagnosed with COVID-19 have difficulty in complying with social distance and other hospital arrangements and take such a step to prevent transmission of the disease. He also stated that it took about 1 week to turn a ward in a medical center into a psychiatric unit. Referring to the spread of the virus to many patients at the Chungdo Daenam Hospital in Korea in February, Weiser said, “The entire hospital can be infected as in South Korea. That’s why we have set up a separate facility for all psychiatric patients who are positive for COVID in Israel.” said. The ventilation system of the psychiatric unit that was opened was designed to be separate from other units in the hospital. In addition, two-way communication technology was installed in the rooms, allowing patients to talk to therapists and family members from a safe distance.
