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Makassed Islamic Charitable Society is a health institution that operates a hospital on the Mount of the Olives in East Jerusalem. The hospital was established in 1965 to treat Palestinians living in Jerusalem and the surrounding areas. Its personnel is made up of 722 employees, including specialists, interns, residents, technicians, adminstrative and cleaning staff. In 1993 and 1994, the hospital received about 14,000 in-patients per year, and in 1992 it treated 80,000 out-patients.


 * permit difficulties for interns and residents coming to study there from the West Bank