23.11.2011                      26.Cheschwan. 5772

Gesundheitssystem:

Litzman announces plan to de-privatize health service

Nurses union demands state take control nationwide, voices refusal to work with private contractors.

The Union of Public Health Nurses expressed dissatisfaction on Tuesday with Deputy Health Minister Ya’acov Litzman’s plans to de-privatize school health services in the south.
Instead, they demanded that vital service throughout the country be run by nurses who work for the ministry and said that not a single public nurse will sign a contract with a private contractor….