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Silverbird
02-07-2008, 11:06 AM
Japan Doctors Say New Health Funding Won't End Death-by-Delay

Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's plan to spend an extra $1.4 billion on hospital doctors won't alleviate the shortage of staff causing treatment delays and fatalities, doctors said. .....Convenience store attendants receive more on an hourly basis than some doctors working extended shifts in hospitals, said Kobayashi, the former head of the emergency center at Teikyo University Hospital.

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