ELCA NEWS SERVICE March 23, 2010 USAID to Purchase Cancer Equipment for Jerusalem Lutheran Hospital 10-102-JD/MRC WASHINGTON (ELCA) -- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced this month it will purchase a second linear accelerator for Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH), a project of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in East Jerusalem. The equipment, valued at about $5.5 million, will be used to treat cancer patients. More: http://www.elca.org/News/Releases.asp?a=4488 For information contact: John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/news Twitter: http://twitter.com/elcanews