The first Center for cerebral catheterization will be built as part of the Baruch Padeh Medical Center, formerly the Poriyah Medical Center near Tiberias. It will join the nine hospitals which already provide cerebral catheterization in Israel, which are concentrated in the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem areas.
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Cerebral catheterization is one of the most advanced treatments to treat a stroke and can reduce the risk to patients. Residents of the north currently have no access to cerebral catheterization units other than the one at the Rambam Healthcare Campus in Haifa and at the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, putting at risk some of the 800,000 residents in the Galilee, Golan Heights, and Jezreel Valley.
Brain catheterization is administered about 6-8 hours after a stroke.
Dr. Erez Onn, the director of the Padeh-Poriya Medical Center said the new access to this technology means that more lives will be saved.
"Establishing the service will provide immediate treatment for stroke victims in need of brain catheterization, and will prevent the precious loss of time that occurs when they are transferred to a remote center," Onn said.
