In Tel Aviv, the city's largest public hospital is preparing to shelter patients underground, in what is normally its car park. Ichilov hospital was built in 2006 after the city was struck by rockets during Israel’s war with Lebanese militia Hezbollah, so that it could continue to treat patients during wartime. Our special correspondents Pauline Godart and Amar Al Hameedawi visited the site.
Beneath Ichilov hospital, staff are busy at work. Beds, medical equipment, oxygen supplies ... everything must be ready for patients. At any moment, 700 of the hospital's 1,600 beds could be transferred to this secured area where all the departments are grouped together on three levels.
