A Health Ministry committee determined that an experimental treatment administered at Ma'ayanei HaYeshua Hospital in Bnei Brak to an 84-year-old man with advanced pancreatic cancer involved conscious failures. The patient developed sudden neurological symptoms and died weeks later; the treatment had not been approved by the ministry.
An internal Health Ministry committee has concluded that clinicians at Ma'ayanei HaYeshua Hospital in Bnei Brak knowingly breached protocol when administering an experimental treatment to an 84-year-old man with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, according to a report by N12. The patient was treated without ministry approval, developed sudden neurological symptoms, and died several weeks later. The committee's finding — that the failures were conscious — indicates the ministry believes the medical team acted with awareness of the regulatory violation, not through negligence alone. No further details on the experimental agent used or on disciplinary steps have been published. The hospital has not yet issued a statement.
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