A beacon of hope in times of uncertainty
"The Iron Doctors" - a women's initiative to provide remote medical care
Moral Peretz, a fifth-year student at the Joyce and Irving Goldman School of Medicine, answered the call of the Facebook group "Doctors' Room" and joined the volunteer project "Iron Doctors", which offers remote medical response to non-urgent inquiries via digital chat.
The project was born out of the collective desire of talented doctors to help and relieve patients due to the overcrowding in hospitals treating victims of the Iron Swords War. The doctors consult in various fields including internal and family medicine, pediatrics, dentistry and more.
Moral took it upon herself to recruit female doctors and manage the student staff. Determined, she recruited over 400 doctors from Israel and around the world in just two days. Together, she and her fellow students recruited additional volunteers, provided logistical and technical support to female doctors, coordinated physicians' schedules, and more.
The "Iron Doctors" initiative exceeded all expectations and provided hundreds of people with timely quality professional medical assistance. The volunteer doctors dedicated their time and expertise, reflecting their genuine desire to make a difference. The students involved in the project displayed unparalleled teamwork.
"By volunteering with the Iron Doctors project, Moral Peretz demonstrated dedication, commitment, compassion and empathy. This is something that we at the Faculty of Health Sciences encourage and promote during studies and training," said Prof. Reli Hershkovitz, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences.
"The tireless dedication and volunteer spirit displayed by women like Moral Peretz and the "Iron Doctors," added Prof. Hershkovitz, "are a source of inspiration for bringing about change in society. Their activities emphasize not only the importance of volunteering in times of crisis, but also the important and vital central role played by women at the forefront of medicine."
Moral: "The project has just finished, and it was my privilege to be a part of it. We got to know so many amazing doctors from around the country and the world, and fellow students from the various faculties in Israel. They all gave and invested their time out of a genuine desire to contribute. I look forward to meeting them all in my future career as a doctor. It would be a huge privilege for me to work with them."
