by Hillel Fendel
The Knesset Health Committee held an important session this month on the topic of the lack of emergency women's care centers in Yesha (Judea and Samaria).
The session was initiated by Committee Chair MK Idit Silman (Yemina), who said she had received many complaints on the topic by Yesha residents. The session painted a torturous picture for pregnant women and others with related urgent conditions in Yesha.
The session was attended by women of Yesha who told their own difficult personal stories. One woman said she actually had to stop her fertility treatments because the long travel time from her home to the clinic in central Israel was simply too exhausting for her. Another woman related that she had been diagnosed with preeclampsia (a potentially fatal pregnancy complication), yet chose to forego medical care because of the difficult and long travel times.
