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Soviet Doctors
Delay Aliyah?
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Tel Aviv (JTA) — Officials
of Israel's Absorption Min-
istry and of the Jewish
Agency for Israel are angry
about a suggestion by the
head of a major Israeli
government hospital that
Soviet doctors postpone or
abandon plans for aliyah be-
cause of the surplus of
medical practitioners here
and consequent lack of jobs.
Soviet Jewry advocacy
groups were also irked by
the remarks of Professor
Mordechai Shani, medical
director of Sheba Hospital at
Tel Hashomer.
Prof. Shani, who is in
charge of implementing the
government's medical
reform plan, told Israel
Radio that the present ratio
of 300 doctors per 100,000
population in Israel is much
higher than in the West,
where the most generous
ratio is 250 per 100,000.
Under those conditions,
the unemployment problem
faced by immigrant doctors
"cannot be solved," Prof.
Shani said. He suggested
that Jewish medical profes-
sionals in the Soviet Union
planning to come to Israel
would do well to reconsider.
Some agency officials con-
ceded privately that Prof.
Shani may be right but
should not have expressed
himself publicly.
Top agency officials com-
plained that Israel should be
sending a different message,
emphasizing that Jews
should get out of the Soviet
Union as quickly as possible.
But in fact, Prof. Shani's
remarks came on the heels of
reports that fewer Soviet
doctors are coming to Israel.
They are refraining not only
because of dismal job pro-
spects but also because of the
tough qualifying examina-
tions they must pass, in
keeping with the high
medical standards prevail-
ing in Israel.
According to a report to
the Cabinet, only 2,500
Soviet doctors immigrated to
Israel in the first eight mon-
ths of 1991, compared to
5,800 the year before.
The dwindling numbers
were attributed to the stiff
examinations, as the reverse
is true of doctors with 20 or
more years' experience, who
are exempt from the qualify-
ing tests.
But their practice must be
supervised for the first six
months and the Health Min-
istry needs to find - an extra
$3.5 million to pay for the
supervision.
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