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Wednesday, February 04, 2009

As much as I hear Americans complain about emergency rooms...

it pales to the situation in Japan, which has a doctor shortage:

Injured man dies after rejection by 14 hospitals: Case of 69-year-old man in Japan underscores country's doctor shortage

The worst case, according to the article, was a woman in Tokyo who was denied care 49 times. She, too, was elderly, although I don't know if that's a factor or not.

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