The alleged refusal of British military head-quarters in Palestine to accept the offers of Jewish doctors for medical military service in India was discussed in the House of Commons today by David Adams.
A government spokesman stated that the services of Palestine doctors commissioned in the British Army are required for the Middle East. He added that there is no objection, however, to having such doctors transferred for service to India whenever there is a surplus in the medical staff, Inquiries will be made as to why the applications of some Palestine doctors for service in India were rejected, he declared.
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