A contract for the construction of a $5 million hospital in Tanzania, East Africa, has been awarded to Solel Boneh, the construction cooperative of Histadrut, Israel’s federation of labor, it was announced here today. The hospital, financed by a German-Dutch Protestant Missionary fund, will contain 460 beds, and will be located near Lake Victoria.
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