Report from Shaare Zedek re this morning's terrorist attack

After several years of relative quiet, the emergency preparedness protocols were put into immediate effect at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center when an explosion rocked a bus stop only kilometers away injuring over 20 people.  The hospital, the closest to the scene of the accident at the entrance to Jerusalem, absorbed 14 victims of the attack. The majority of those who arrived at Shaare Zedek presented injuries classified as minor. Of the 14 injured 11 were classified as minor injuries with the remainder identified as moderate injuries.  Two were in surgery at the time of this writing.  The nature of the injuries varied but included wounds to the chest that resulted from shrapnel that erupted out of the explosion. Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman arrived at Shaare Zedek to be briefed on the triage efforts and to visit with the wounded.