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Makassed Hospital

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arab hospital of the makassed islamic charitable society”. Today it says “muslim community founded teaching hospital and charitable hospital of the palestinian arab's charitable founded”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Hospital in East Jerusalem, Israel Al”. It now reads “Hospital in East Jerusalem, Palestine Hospital in East Jerusalem, Palestine Al-”.
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Hospital in East Jerusalem, Palestine Hospital in East Jerusalem, Palestine Al-Makassed Islamic Charitable Society Hospital ( ) is a Muslim Community founded teaching hospital and charitable hospital of the Palestinian Arab’s charitable founded by Makassed Islamic Charitable Society, There is one of district general hospital from part of six hospitals in the East Jerusalem Hospitals Network . It has 250 beds and is situated on Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem . It serves as a tertiary referral hospital mainly for the Arab population of the Palestinian territories , namely the West Bank (including East Jerusalem ) and the Gaza Strip , but also provides health care for the Israeli population when they meet obstacles using other facilities. It is a teaching hospital of Al-Quds University Faculty of Medicine. The hospital is part of the East Jerusalem Hospitals Network together with the Augusta Victoria Hospital , the Red Crescent Maternity Hospital (also called Palestinian Red Crescent Society Hospital), the Saint John Eye Hospital , the Princess Basma Rehabilitation Center, and St. The network plays a crucial role in the Palestinian health care system.1 Most of the staff and patients come the other side of the Israeli West Bank barrier which constantly causes difficulties for both groups reach the hospital. The hospital provides accommodation for patients and their relatives from the Gaza strip for whom getting to the hospital is especially difficult.2 Al-Makassed Hospital was founded in 1968, There had 60 beds.3 WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean . This Week in Palestine . "Attitudes of Palestinian medical students on the geopolitical barriers to accessing hospitals for clinical training: a qualitative study" . PMID 26913064 . : CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI ( link )4

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “arab hospital of the makassed islamic charitable society”. Today it says “muslim community founded teaching hospital and charitable hospital of the palestinian arab's charitable founded”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Hospital in East Jerusalem, Israel Al”. It now reads “Hospital in East Jerusalem, Palestine Hospital in East Jerusalem, Palestine Al-”. Read the current article and compare.
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arab hospital of the makassed islamic charitable society

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muslim community founded teaching hospital and charitable hospital of the palestinian arab's charitable founded

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