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        "id": 1489848,
        "msgid": "second-rate-medical-equipment-still-used-1447893297",
        "date": "2004-05-29 00:00:00",
        "title": "Second-rate medical equipment still used",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Second-rate medical equipment still used MEDAN, North Sumatra: Minister of Health Achmad Sujudi expressed his concern over the fact that many private hospitals in the country only imported secondhand medical equipment. Sujudi said, in his opening remarks at the Medical Expo 2004, here on Saturday, the equipment sometimes arrived in the country in a poor condition.",
        "content": "<p>Second-rate medical equipment still used<\/p>\n<p>MEDAN, North Sumatra: Minister of Health Achmad Sujudi<br>\nexpressed his concern over the fact that many private hospitals<br>\nin the country only imported secondhand medical equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Sujudi said, in his opening remarks at the Medical Expo 2004,<br>\nhere on Saturday, the equipment sometimes arrived in the country<br>\nin a poor condition.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech, read by a member of Achmad's staff, who is also<br>\nan expert on health technology and pharmacology, Richard<br>\nPanjaitan, the minister ordered the mandatory sterilization of<br>\nany equipment brought in from overseas.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Sujudi said, doctors sometimes insisted on using<br>\nthe poor equipment in order to cover the funds spent on its<br>\npurchase and maintenance. -- JP<\/p>",
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