In summary:
- The number of patient applications for permits to cross Erez which were processed, as well as the number of patients who crossed the checkpoint, decreased substantially in September 2010. Erez remained closed for 12 days, due to Israeli holidays.
- Referrals to Egypt have remained high since the opening of the Rafah border crossing in June. Whereas referrals to Egypt have roughly doubled, those to East Jerusalem have declined substantially.
- Cardiovascular diseases, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopedics and neurosurgery are the main causes for referrals, accounting for almost half of all cases.