BGU | MY PATH, Haim Doron, MD

In internal deliberations, the board of directors at Shaare Zedek formulated the terms of an agreement to absorb Bikur Holim. The main proviso was Shaare Zedek would have the right to close or open any service at Bikur Holim. That condition was acceptable to the people at the Ministry of Finance. The personnel issue found a solution. It involved an agreement by the Israel Medical Association, the Jerusalem Workers’ Council, and the administration of the hospitals that a portion of the staff would remain at Bikur Holim, another portion would be absorbed by Shaare Zedek, and some personnel would retire. Today Bikur Holim operates in an orderly fashion and with a balanced budget as a branch of Shaare Zedek under the latter’s medical supervision.

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