Deputy Health Minister fires Abu Kabir chief pathologist Yehuda Hiss

Move follows allegations of gross mismanagement at forensic lab, including misplaced body parts and tissue.

By Dan Even | 01:49 16.10.12 |

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Health officials have fired Israel's No. 1 pathologist, following allegations of bad procedures at the main pathological facility in Israel, the Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine.

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Deputy Health Minister fires Abu Kabir chief pathologist Yehuda Hiss

Move follows allegations of gross mismanagement at forensic lab, including misplaced body parts and tissue.

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