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Govt to boost medical services

The government is rolling out a pilot program to boost spending on public hospitals, as well as cut pharmaceutical and treatment costs, Health Minister Chen Zhu said yesterday. The move includes government subsidies to build public hospital... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Fri, Jan 09 2009

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