More than 500 physicians entered Israel since the Jewish state was proclaimed, the Jewish Agency revealed here. Although a number of the immigrant physicians are still living in reception camps, most of them have been resettled either by the Agency or privately.
The Jewish Agency said it has expended to date 40,000 pounds for initial equipment for the physicians while approximately 10,000 pounds were loaned to the doctor-immigrants to help pay their rentals. In cooperation with the Histadrut, the Agency has spent 15,000 pounds for housing construction for the newly-arrived physicians.
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