The Ministry of Health decided: these funds will manage the new hospital in Be'er Sheva

The funds that will manage the new hospital in the south: today the ministries of health and finance decided that the planning for the construction and operation of the new hospital in Be'er Sheva will be based on a joint model for the Meuhedat and National health funds, with the ownership of the hospital being owned by the health funds, and the operation in the middle of Sheba Hospital. The issue will be submitted for final approval by the government after Passover.

A recommendation comes at the end of the headquarters work of the ministries, this against the background of the fact that Clalit Health Services owns nine hospitals, and Maccabi owns the new Assuta hospital in Ashdod, and Assuta's private hospitals.

The new Peres Hospital in the Negev, which is scheduled to open by 2028, will eventually include about 600 beds that will be integrated into the hospitalization and community services in the south of the country. New patients in Be'er Sheva.

According to the Ministry of Health, the new hospital will strengthen medicine in the south of the country, will attract additional personnel, and will also help the national and united health insurance funds in the competition in the health market. The hospital will also help to reduce the gaps in access to health services for the residents of the south of the country who until now had to rely on receiving services only from the Soroka Medical Center which is owned by the general.

"The new hospital is historic news that will change the face of the health care system," said Health Minister Uriel Bosso, "this is an important move for the Negev, which will lead to an increase in medical care in all areas and will directly affect all Israeli citizens, with a clear vision of reducing disparities and ensuring that every citizen in Israel , from any geographical area, will be entitled to receive equal and high-quality medical service."