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In 1988 the Governing Body established Hospital Information Services and a network of Hospital Liaison Committees; by 1996 the organisation reported 6,465 trained elders serving on HLCs worldwide.

Claim ID claim-blood-1988-hlcConcerns January 1988Explicit statement
Explicit statement · January 1988 Verified

In 1988 the Governing Body established Hospital Information Services and a network of Hospital Liaison Committees; by 1996 the organisation reported 6,465 trained elders serving on HLCs worldwide. The Watchtower (Study Edition), February 20221996 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, 1996

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Primary JW publication Verified

The Watchtower (Study Edition), “I Found Something Better Than Medicine”

February 2022 · pp.26-29 · René Ruhlmann · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“Then in 1988, the Governing Body set up a new Bethel department called Hospital Information Services.”

HIS initially supervised Hospital Liaison Committees in the United States; later worldwide.

Official source

Provenance and verification note

Confidence note. Opened on WOL.

Corroborated by. src-yb-1996-hlc

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-w-2022-0200-ruhlmann-hls

Primary JW publication Verified

1996 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, “Jehovah's Witnesses—1996 Yearbook Report”

1996 · p.22 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“At present, 6,465 trained elders serve as members of Hospital Liaison Committees (HLCs) worldwide.”

'When it was organized in 1988, Hospital Information Services (HIS) was also designed to educate…'

Official source

Provenance and verification note

Confidence note. Opened on wol; the sentence follows the page-22 marker (an earlier transcription gave p. 27).

Corroborated by. src-w-2022-0200-ruhlmann-hls

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-yb-1996-hlc

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