Decline intensified at start of pandemic when elective surgeries were limited; masking reduced other illnesses and fear of contracting illnesses kept people away from hospitals

'I wish I could cry with her. We're both victims of this terrible error,' she says of woman pregnant with wrong embryo; couple learned from TV that fetus is female

In first public remarks, husband and wife who received the wrong embryo rail against hospital behind the mix-up, say they don't want to give up the baby

Official at Assuta claims more stories haven't surfaced only because patients who've given birth don't usually undergo genetic testing; medical facility says statement 'erroneous'

Assuta Medical Center claims it decided to halt new procedures on its own, while TV report says it was the Health Ministry who made the decision to sanction the hospital

Assuta Medical Center says it has narrowed list of possible women from 40 to 10; individual it believes with high probability is biological mother has been updated

Israeli TV says patients came to financial settlement with clinic; Assuta Medical Center scrabbles to find biological parents of mismatched fetus in current case

Health Ministry vows to immediately establish panel to probe rare incident; hospital says it's looking for embryo's biological parents

Trainee doctors protest state's postponement of plan to gradually reduce hospital shift hours from 26 to 18

Postponement sparks fresh protest among trainee doctors; chair of residents organization says government 'failed both professionally and morally'