These days, he says, they aren't treating as many emergency cases, but the lull in violence hasn't translated into the basic equipment and medicine the hospital needs.

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Surgical operations in the biggest hospital have had to be stopped because basic equipment is defunct and drugs have run out.

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That's the basic economic theory of hospitals, and it explains why hospital bills are out of sight.

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It is only the physicians who are stuck using the Visual Basic version, inside the Walled Garden of an Epic hospital.

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Authorities took Lynn Cameron to a hospital, where she was discovered to have only a basic vocabulary of 30-40 words, according to Smith.

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When he finished basic Navy training, he spent a year and a half learning to work as a hospital man.

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There is undoubtedly waste in the system but I visited a hospital near Piraeus two days ago that had a shortage of syringes, dressings and basic drugs.

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One Cleveland Clinic study evaluating survey bias found that no U.S. hospital with 500-plus beds has scored in the top tenth percentile when it comes to basic communication by doctors and nurses.

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