Health Minister Yaakov Litzman blames the Defense Ministry for the growing debt being incurred by northern district hospitals. He explains that the hospitals are continuing to treat Syrian refugees but the funding for the treatment, which is supposed to come from the Defense Ministry, has not been released despite committing to underwrite the cost of care for the refugees.
A meeting is planned for Thursday, 20 Shevat, involving the director-general of the Prime Minister’s Office towards having the funds released. Litzman warns if the funds, including retroactive payments are not handed over, he will prohibit hospitals from accepting refugees for he is unwilling to have his ministry flip the bill for their care.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Something which readers here have been banging on about for quite some time. Suddenly there appears to be money to treat enemy personel but lack of funds to help ordinary hard pressed yidden. Shameful and misplaced mercy imho.