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Israeli Hospital Gets Grant to Help Syrian Refugees with Hearing Loss
(JTA) Israeli philanthropist Morris Kahn has made a six-figure grant to Ziv Medical Center in Safed in northern Israel to fund treatment for Syrian children who have suffered hearing loss as a result of their country's civil war. The hospital, which has extensive experience treating wounded Syrian civilians, reports that one out of every three Syrian children examined by its staff suffers from hearing loss. The children are provided testing, treatment, surgery and rehabilitation. "We have treated more than 1,000 Syrians of all ages who needed our help over the past four years," said Salman Zarka, director of Ziv Hospital. "It's really important for me as a physician, as an Israeli, and as a human being."