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National › Increasing number of patients with fever rejected by Tokyo hospitals

An increasing number of patients with fever have been rejected by hospitals in Tokyo even though their risk of being infected with a new type… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Tue, May 05 2009

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23 May 08 visit Tokyo Blade - Fever  »  YouTube videoNWOBHM Tokyo Blade original Fever, from 1985 album Night of the Blade. Lyrics: Fever [Boulton/Marsh] Run for your life, there's danger in the air You know the fate Can't reason why, I look into the past But it's too late Down on the streets, into the...
22 Oct 08 visit National › Tokyo woman rejected by 7 hospitals, dies after delivery  »  Japan Today A Tokyo woman was rejected by seven hospitals, including a metropolitan government-run facility, and died after giving birth to a baby and undergoing brain hemorrhage…
28 Jan 09 visit National › Treatment of female cancer patients endangered in Japan due to doctor shortage  »  Japan Today Treatment of female cancer patients is in peril in Japan as an increasing number of hospitals are closing gynecology departments due to a shortage of…
19 Mar 09 visit Emergency patients rejected at least three times hit 14,732 in '08  »  Japan Times The number of seriously ill patients who were turned away by hospitals at least three times in 2008 came to 14,732, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Thursday. The figure, which accounts for 3.6 percent of all emergency treatment services...
04 Nov 08 visit National › Another pregnant woman rejected by hospitals in Tokyo  »  Japan Today A pregnant woman in her 30s was rejected by several perinatal care hospitals in Tokyo in late September just over a week before the case…
03 Dec 08 visit National › Number of flu patients increasing earlier than usual  »  Japan Today The number of influenza patients is increasingly rapidly and at a pace earlier than a typical year, suggesting flu could become an epidemic nationwide soon,…

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