Labor organizations in Kiev have signed an agreement with Histadrut’s Kupat Holim sick fund to share information on the treatment of victims of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, according to the Israeli daily Ha’aretz.
Israeli expertise will be provided for use in a mother-child care center near Kiev which is treating Chernobyl victims.
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