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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/palestinian-doctor-aims-boost-west-064257231.html
Palestinian Doctor Aims to Boost West Bank Medical Services
(AP) Mohammed Daraghmeh - Dr. Saleem Haj-Yahia performed the first-ever successful artificial heart transplant in the West Bank last month. The British-educated cardiologist returned home in 2014 to become dean of the medical school at the An-Najah teaching hospital in Nablus. He seeks to increase Palestinian medical self-sufficiency, and make the Palestinian medical system less dependent on its Israeli counterpart. For years, any complicated operations or sophisticated treatments have had to be carried out in Israeli hospitals. Dr. Amera Hindi, head of the Medical Transfer Unit in the Palestinian Health Ministry, said spending on transferring Palestinian patients to Israeli hospitals has dropped by 30% in the last year. She credited the "development of the medical services in the Palestinian hospitals."