But in private conversations they also express hope that increased US pressure on Pakistan to squeeze the space for militant groups will weaken the army's resolve to continue to support and protect them.

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MRSA, for instance, is blamed partly on waiting-time targets which put pressure on hospitals to squeeze in as many patients as possible rather than take care to ensure that hospital-acquired infections do not spread.

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