(Guardian-UK) Kate Shuttleworth - At Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem, a heart attack patient is lying on an operating table. The head technician, Siham Sheble Masarwa, an Israeli Arab, monitors the operation, directing a team of Jewish and Arab medical experts. Masarwa runs the catheterization lab in the intensive cardiac care unit. The hospital is a rare island of calm where Jews, Israeli Arabs and some Palestinian staff work together to treat patients. Next door to the lab is the cardiology ward where Rashad Rizeq, 32, a Palestinian from Ramallah, has been selected for a residency. At Hadassah, Rizeq does his rounds, speaking to Palestinian patients in Arabic, most of whom are heart attack patients transferred from the West Bank.
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