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Palestinian government drafts law to protect its doctors

A draft law to protect doctors and medical staff is currently underway in the West Bank, amid increasing physical and verbal attacks on hospital staff.
Doctors and medics perform a surgery for Palestinian woman Sadeya al-Shafi, 60, in the operating room at Shifa hospital, Gaza's largest public medical facility, in Gaza City, March 29, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem             SEARCH "GAZA HEALTH" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1EFFBDF050
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RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Ministry of Health and the Doctors Syndicate signed July 22 a bill to protect medical staff working in hospitals and medical centers and to incriminate any attack on its members. The provisions of the bill are currently being drafted.

During the meeting, the Doctors Syndicate suspended all protest acts it had announced July 21, including halting its work in government hospitals, and resumed full provision of medical services to citizens.

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