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Poor Hospital Care In Developing Countries Puts Patients' Lives At Risk, Study Suggests
"Poor hospital care poses a risk to the lives of many patients in the developing world," according to a study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on Tuesday, BBC News reports (McGrath, 3/13). For the study, which was supported by the WHO, researchers from the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation "looked at patients from 26 hospitals altogether across eight countries" -- Egypt, Jordan, Kenya, Morocco, Tunisia, Sudan, South Africa and Yemen -- and "found that harm to patients caused by their health care rather than their disease is a major public health problem and consistent with previous reports from the developed world," according to a BMJ press release.
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