As someone who has been following this very closely, it would seem that his close ties (financial?) with Dr. Rotstein (Head of Haddassa) does not allow him to betray Haddassa. They think that opening a “competing” ward will hurt Haddassa’s bottom line. (This can be debated, since Haddassa was understaffed and over-crowded before the crisis). Secondly, he has made pretty clear on the media that he wants to “teach” the doctors a lesson not to “revolt” against the establishment. Apparently even if that is for ethical issues. In any case, none of the parties (Litzman, Rotstein or the doctors) seem to realize how they are essentially playing games on the backs of sick children and their parents. I don’t know why Litzman couldn’t find some other arena to flex his muscles in.