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Palestinian Hospital in Jerusalem Blames Palestinian Authority for Fiscal Dilemma

Officials at a Palestinian hospital on Mt. of Olives in Jerusalem that was established to treat patients from the West Bank and Gaza Strip as an alternative to Israeli hospitals is blaming the Palestinian Authority for the financial crisis that threatens to close the facility. According to a statement issued by Al-Maqasid Hospital, which caters to primarily low income families, the facility is in the red because the PA “has failed to pay for the cases [it] referred and as a result the hospital ran into huge debts. We had to borrow tens of millions from local banks and pay interests, and since we couldn’t pay it back, banks are refusing to give us loans anymore.”