Januaty 3. 1992 his few belongings thrown into the mire of coal dust and mud along unpaved roads. What about medical care in the coal camps? I personally visited doctors offices In the Bekqua camp. and I can tell you that coal miners and their families received about as much as is given to Palestinians in the refugee camps today. As a rule. coal companies hired one doctor who was responsible for the care of literally thousands of coal miners and their families living in hovelsand if they were lucky enough that their sickness or disease came upon them during normal working hours. they could use the company store telephone to summon the doctor to stop by. for few coal miners had a telephone of their own. II something happened. an emergency. during nondaylight hours. they either had to wait. suffering end risking death. or to walk out of those narrow hollows. their footsteps lit by a coal miners lamplight. to find help. for few had their own transportation.