A contract totalling some 12,500,000 Israeli pounds was signed here today by Dr. Miriam Freund, president of Hadassah, for building the new Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital and Medical Center.
The contract signed today is the last of the major agreements needed for building the $25,000,000 institution. Other major contracts, for equipment and instruments, will be awarded in the United States, Dr. Freund said. Of the total $25,000,000 cost, she said, Hadassah will raise $18,000,000, while the remainder will be collected by the Friends of the Hebrew University.
According to Dr. Freund, the first sections of the hospital will be ready by the end of this year, and other sections will be completed by next Spring. In July, 1960, she said, 4,500 American members of Hadassah will come here for the dedication ceremonies of the new hospital and center. The buildings are being erected at Ein Kerem, near this city.
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