A new well-baby clinic has been opened in the predominantly Arab Beit Haninah neighborhood of Jerusalem. The new branch will provide medical services for 2,069 families which include 2,830 children under the age of six. The team staffing the clinic includes three nurses and a physician. The services offered are free of charge.
The city has spent NIS 800,000 on the clinic in addition to refurbishing Route 301 in Beit Haninah, for a total expenditure of NIS 18 million. The new road is scheduled to connect between Route 21 and Derech Ramallah in the future to serve school pupils and staff along with the residents of the community.
Mayor Nir Barkat praised the opening of the new clinic, which is the sixth operating in Arab neighborhoods in the capital. Other clinics are located in Sheik Jarah, Tzur Bahar, A-Tor, Silwan, and Shuafat. In addition, there are Jewish neighborhoods on a seamline with Arab neighborhoods that provide services to Arab residents of the capital too. This would include Gilo, Armon HaNatziv, and Patt. One should realize that 20,000 babies are born in the capital annually, including 8,000 in the Arab sector.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Amazing. The Arab residents of Yerushalayim have better medical care than any person in any Arab country. And they get it for free! Oh yes, and then they go out and throw rocks at people with their free time.