Hadassah reported today that it had sent $88,880 worth of merchandise and medical-supplies to Palestine during the last nine months despite the spread of hostilities and the tightening of blockades in the Mediterranean. The shipments were made through the Palestine Supplies Bureau of Hadassah, in response to cabled please for drugs, surgical instruments, hospital linens and clothing with which to meet war needs in the Holy Land.
Included in this sum is a current shipment weighing three tons and valued at $10,000 which is expected to leave Thursday and go by way of the Suez Canal. Apparatus for chest, abdominal and bone surgery already ordered by Hadassah’s medical staff in Palestine will leave within the next few weeks, the report stated.
According to Mrs. Samuel W. Halprin, chairman of the Palestine Committee, and Mrs. Nathan D. Perlman, equipment chairman, the latest shipment includes 420 dozen x-ray films, drugs, scissors, medical bags, syringes and 11,499 items of linen and clothing. Nearly 3,000 infants’ diapers, 1,056 pillow cases, 1,000 sheets and 5,196 dresses, coats, men’s suits, trousers, blouses, hospital gowns and jackets are included.
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