Dr. Arieh Leib Shimoni-Mekler - Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist
Gilbey, P.; Pikkel, J.; Netzer, A.; Golz, A.; Shimoni-Mekler, A.Leib.
Harefuah 155(4): 238-40 253-4
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0017-7768 PMID: 27323542 Document Number: 688652
Although the inauguration of the new hospital in Zefat built by Baron Rothschild took place in 1910, the building was not used as a hospital until World War I when it was confiscated by the Turks for patients affected with typhus, and later it was converted into a military hospital. The second inauguration of the renewed hospital was in June 1919, and the medical activity was assigned to the American Zionist Medical Unit for Palestine' (AZMU), later - 'Hadassah Medical Organization'. Among the first doctors that were sent to Zefat by AZMU was Dr. Arieh Leib Shimoni-Mekler - Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat specialist. Dr. Shimoni-Mekler worked in the hospital during the years 1921-2.