Health Ministry director vows to increase health budget

New Health Ministry Director-General Ronni Gamzu addressed the number of patients lying in hospital corridors, saying that "the corridor medicine is the medicine of the lowest quality."

Speaking at a conference of the Israel National Institute for Health Services Research at the Dead Sea, Gamzu vowed to increase the health system's budget by NIS 500 million (about $131 million). (Meital Yasur-Beit Or)