{
  "id": 8718653,
  "title": "Soviet doctors helped save Israel's health system. Now that lifeline is running out",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/soviet-doctors-helped-save-israels-health-system-now-that-lifeline-is",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-18T13:10:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ynetnews Culture",
    "slug": "ynetnews-culture",
    "url": "https://www.ynetnews.com/health_science/article/bjpwi3qffg"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Waves of physicians from the Soviet Union in the 1970s and former Soviet Union in the 1990s reinforced hospitals and clinics for decades; now many are reaching retirement as Israel struggles to train enough replacements and shortages deepen in key specialties",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}