— Over 300,000 Israelis over the age of 18, about 15 percent of the total in that age group, suffer from high blood pressure, and some 50,000 are now enrolled in 200 clinics, taking part in what is described as one of the foremost programs for the systematic detection and treatment of high blood pressure in the Western World. Dr. Donald Silverberg, head of the Kupat Holim hypertension department which is operating the program, said he knew of no other Western country, including Britain with its national health service, which had embarked on such a plan. He said only the Soviet Union had one somewhat similar.
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