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Ilana Cohen, Former Nurses Union Chair and Knesset Member, Dies at 82
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50% centerFirst reported by Ynet · 4 days ago
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What happened
Ilana Cohen, former head of Israel’s nurses union and a Knesset member from 2003 to 2006, died Sunday at 82. The Iraq-born nurse became a central figure in major labor battles that improved staffing and training in Israel’s health system.
- 01Ilana Cohen, former nurses union chair, died Sunday at age 82.
- 02She led nurses’ labor battles for 35 years and became a symbol of the struggle.
- 03In 1988, she staged a 15-day hunger strike over hospital overcrowding.
- 04Her campaign won the staffing formula still used for hospital nurses.
- 05She later served as a Knesset member for One Nation from 2003 to 2006.
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