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Visit by science minister to major hospitals called off due to protests by doctors
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Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The Sheba and Ichilov hospitals called off visits by Science Minister Ofir Akunis in recent days thanks to opposition by doctors to the government’s judicial overhaul, Channel 12 reports.
Doctors are among several groups of professionals that are threatening to go on strike if the judicial overhaul goes ahead.
Akunis says the opposition is harming medical and scientific work.
“It is unfortunate that hospitals are involving irrelevant political considerations in professional decisions,” Akunis’ office says in a statement. “The visits that were canceled by the hospital management were intended to advance groundbreaking research and cooperation.”
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