The original Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus, inaccessible to Israelis during the 19-year Jordanian occupation of the area, will be restored as soon as possible, according to Mrs. Charlotte Jacobson, national president of Hadassah, the women’s Zionist organization of America.
Mrs. Jacobson visited the war-damaged medical structure, which, she said, will be rehabilitated “as soon as we can return some of the wards to use.” Hadassah built a new medical center at Ein Karem, west of Jerusalem, after control of the road leading to the original facility had come under Jordanian control in the Israel-Arab war for independence.
Prof. Kalman J. Mann, director general of Hadassah Medical Center, said the use of the Mount Scopus building would depend on a survey to determine the needs of the Jerusalem population, on the extent and quality of present facilities, and on financial resources available. Meanwhile, thousands of Arab families have been treated at the Mount Scopus center, including many children. About 100 wounded Israeli soldiers are also being treated there.
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