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Doctors Protest Scabies Epidemic in Israeli Prisons
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Six hundred twenty-seven Israeli health professionals are demanding answers after a Palestinian teenager suffered severe complications from untreated scabies in an Israeli prison. They allege a widespread scabies epidemic in prisons is torturing thousands of Palestinian detainees. The Prison Service has denied wrongdoing.
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- 627 Israeli health professionals demand answers over Palestinian teen's severe scabies complications.
- They describe a scabies epidemic in Israeli prisons as torture for Palestinian detainees.
- The Prison Service denies any wrongdoing in the matter.
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