AVH and East Jerusalem Hospitals Respond to Reports of US Funding Cuts
"Overall, the decision puts the health of five million Palestinians at risk."
In an urgently called meeting on Monday, 10 September, the East Jerusalem Hospitals Network (EJHN) announced their regret over the reported decision by the US Administration to cut the funding from the six hospitals in East Jerusalem. According to a budget approved by the US Congress, the hospitals were scheduled to receive USD 25 million in settlement of bills for patients referred by the Palestinian Ministry of Health during financial year 2017.
“This decision will create serious cash flow problems at the hospitals and will cause delays in lifesaving and other urgent treatments which are available to Palestinians only from the East Jerusalem hospitals. Overall, the decision puts the health of five million Palestinians at risk,” the hospitals said through a statement released following the meeting.
The EJHN also applauded the efforts of the Palestinian Authority to find a solution to the immediate crisis and reminded that a long-term solution for sustainability would need to be found.
LWF’s Augusta Victoria hospital is one of the six impacted hospitals in East Jerusalem.
AVH and East Jerusalem Hospitals Respond to Reports of US Funding Cuts
The East Jerusalem Hospitals Network (EJHN) called an urgent meeting and press conference Monday morning 10 September 2018 at The Lutheran World Federation's Augusta Victoria Hospital to write and present a statement on the impact to the hospitals of the reported US funding cut. Photos by Ben Gray / LWF
Walid Nammour, CEO of The Lutheran World Federation's Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) and secretary of the East Jerusalem Hospitals makes his way to a press conference to talk about the reported US funding cut Monday morning 10 September 2018 at AVH. Photo by Ben Gray / LWF
Walid Nammour, CEO of The Lutheran World Federation's Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH), from left, Dr. Bassam Y. Abu-Libdeh, CEO of Makassed Islamic Charitable Hospital and Dr. Izzedein H. Yasin, also with Makassed, finalize a statement from the East Jerusalem Hospitals Network (EJHN) about the reported US funding cut during an urgently called EJHN meeting Monday morning 10 September 2018 at AVH. Photo by Ben Gray / LWF
Walid Nammour, CEO of The Lutheran World Federation's Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) and secretary of the East Jerusalem Hospitals Network (EJHN), speaks about the reported US funding cut during an urgently called EJHN meeting Monday morning 10 September 2018 at AVH. Photo by Ben Gray / LWF
Iskandar Majlaton, finance director of the Jerusalem Princess Basma Center, looks over a statement about the impact of the reported US funding cut during an urgently called meeting of the East Jerusalem Hospitals Network on Monday morning 10 September 2018 at Augusta Victoria Hospital. Photo by Ben Gray / LWF
Walid Nammour, CEO of The Lutheran World Federation's Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) and secretary of the East Jerusalem Hospitals speaks during a press conference about the reported US funding cut Monday morning 10 September 2018 at AVH. Photo by Ben Gray / LWF
Members of the media crowd a press conference by the East Jerusalem Hospitals Network on Monday morning 10 September 2018 to talk about the reported US funding cut. Photo by Ben Gray / LWF
Dr. Bassam Y. Abu-Libdeh, CEO of Makassed Islamic Charitable Hospital, speaks during a Monday morning 10 September 2018 press conference by the East Jerusalem Hospitals Network (EJHN) to talk about the reported US funding cut. Photo by Ben Gray / LWF
Doctors gather outside of The Lutheran World Federation's Augusta Victoria Hospital on Monday morning 10 September 2018 to hear a press conference by the East Jerusalem Hospitals Network about the reported US funding cut. Photo by Ben Gray / LWF
Dr. Bassam Y. Abu-Libdeh, CEO of Makassed Islamic Charitable Hospital, speaks during a Monday morning 10 September 2018 press conference by the East Jerusalem Hospitals Network (EJHN) to talk about the reported US funding cut. Photo by Ben Gray / LWF
Walid Nammour, CEO of The Lutheran World Federation's Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) and secretary of the East Jerusalem Hospitals answers questions following a press conference about the reported US funding cut Monday morning 10 September 2018 at AVH. Photo by Ben Gray / LWF
