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Ginzei Haim ] * 86 [ In cooperation with other agencies, a training course was established which prepared refugee social workers for relief work . In November 1 44, this course was given to a select group of Poles who planned to return to their country as relief workers . Medical aid, almost the symbol of the USc in certain parts of Europe, was also offered in Switzerland and medico - social emergency units were organized by the Geneva office . It encouraged Polish refugee physicians to take the initiative in establishing a network of “hygiene posts,” each comprised of a doctor, a nurse, a laboratory assistant, a secretary and a welfare worker . Each team was to be equipped with X - ray facilities as well as medical supplies . 53 Communications between Geneva and Boston were not facile, in spite of Swiss neutrality, since it was surrounded by Axis countries . Instructions had to be sent by cable through several American authorities via Lisbon and Washington . Inevitably, the committee ...
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