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| Compensation for radiation victims |
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Under the Israel Tinea Capitis Compensation Law, as of January 1, 1995, people (or their survivors) whose health was damaged as a result of irradiation against ringworm, which was performed from January 1, 1946 to December 31, 1960, by an entity specified in the law, are entitled to payment. The victim is defined as someone who suffers from one of the diseases specified in the law, such as cancer in the area of the head and neck, or leukemi, and he is in Israel.
The claim for payment should be submitted to the Ministry of Health which determines entitlement to payment and notifies the claimant if his application has been approved or rejected. Therefore, questions regarding the claim, the medical committees or entitlement matters should be directed to the Ministry of Health.
Payment is made by the National Insurance Institute, and therefore only questions regarding payments should be directed to the National Insurance Institute.
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| Submitting a claim to the health bureau | |
In order to receive payment, please submit a claim to the Ministry of Health at the health bureau in your area of residence.
The medical committee of the Ministry of Health is the body that will determine entitlement to payment, and will notify the claimant whether his request was approved or denied. The National Insurance Institute carries out the actual payments.
For clarifications regarding the claim, medical committees and entitlement, please write to the National Center for Radiation Victims at the following address:
Sheba Hospital
Pavilion 17
Tel HaShomer 52621
Fax: 03-5350615
Phone: *3667
or to the health bureau in your area of residence.
After receiving the decision of the medical committee, and the determination of the total weighted percentage of impediments by the Ministry of Health, the committee’s decision is transferred to the National Insurance Institute for implementation of payment. |
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| One-time compensation | |
A one-time compensation is paid to the radiation victim in accordance with the degree of permanent medical disability that was determined for him. This compensation is paid in addition to the monthly pension.
 A person for whom a degree of medical disability of between 40% and 74% has been determined – will receive a one-time compensation to the amount of NIS 50,000, linked to the index from January 1, 1995.
The amount of the compensation in May 2009: NIS 83,615.
A person for whom a degree of medical disability of between 75% and 100% has been determined – will receive a one-time compensation to the amount of NIS 100,000, linked to the index from January 1, 1995.
The amount of the compensation in May 2009: NIS 167,230. |
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| Monthly pension or grant | |
The monthly pension is paid to persons for whom a medical disability degree of 40% or more has been determined, due to the disease.
The amount of the pension is 25% of the average wage in the economy; that is, NIS 2,155 (as of 01.01.2012) , multiplied by the medical disability percentage that was determined.
For example:
A person for whom a medical disability degree of 100% was determined – will receive a monthly pension of NIS 2,155 (as of 01.01.2012) .
A person for whom a medical disability degree of 70% was determined – will receive a monthly pension of NIS 1,508 (as of 01.01.2012) .
A person for whom a medical disability degree of 40% was determined – will receive a monthly pension of NIS 862 (as of 01.01.2012) .
Grant (instead of pension)
A person for whom a medical disability degree of between 5% and 39% is determined – will receive a grant instead of pension, of an amount equivalent to 25% of the average wage in the economy multiplied by his disability percentage multiplied by 70.
For example:
A person for whom a medical disability degree of 39% was determined – will receive a one-time grant of NIS 54,109.
A person for whom a medical disability degree of 20% was determined – will receive a one-time grant of NIS 27,748.
A person for whom a medical disability degree of 5% was determined – will receive a one-time grant of NIS 6,937. |
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| Payments to survivors | |
The survivors of a person regarding whom a medical committee determined that the disease caused his death – will receive a one-time grant, as follows:
A spouse who has children with him/her will receive a grant equivalent to 25% of the average wage in the economy, multiplied by 36: NIS 77,571 (as of 01.01.2012) .
A spouse who does not have children with him/her will receive a grant equivalent to 60% of the amount in the first paragraph: NIS 46,543 (as of 01.01.2012) .
The children of the victim, if there is no entitled spouse, will receive a grant equivalent to 60% of the amount in the first paragraph: NIS 46,543 (as of 01.01.2012) . |
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| Contacting the National Insurance Institute | |
The National Insurance Institute will send the claimant information regarding the amount of the payments, in accordance with the medical disability degree determined, by mail.
For information regarding payments only: you may contact the National Insurance Institute at tel. 02-6709396 on Sundays or Wednesdays, from 11:00 to 13:00, or by fax: 02-6709831. |
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