Kupat Cholim (Workers’ Sick Fund) of the General Jewish Labor Federation is to open a new hospital for its members on the Tel Aviv— Petah Tikvah road. Arich Sharon, Tel Aviv architect, won the competition for the best plan for the institution.
The hospital will have sixty beds and will also have a special maternity ward of twenty-four beds. It is hoped to start building in November. Kupat Cholim members will contribute towards the cost.
The presence of many German-Jewish doctors in the country is to be utilized later in making the house physicians’ ###
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