Plans of the Rome Jewish hospital board to convert a partially completed structure into a modern hospital and home for the aged were approved here today. The home for the aged will have 110 beds and a department for the chronically sick.
The hospital’s estimated cost is $800,000 and the annual operating is $160,000, according to Prof, Fausto Pitigliano, president of the Rome Jewish Community, who called the hospital project an important milestone in the 2,000-year history of Rome Jewry, He thanked all contributors, especially the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and the Joint Distribution Committee.
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