OVER 30% OF BIG HOSPITALS CLOSE, DOWNSIZE DEPARTMENTS OVER 4 YEARS

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TOKYO, June 7 (Kyodo) - Among about 170 prefectural hospitals nationwide, 61 of them, or more than 30 percent, have closed some consultation and diagnostic departments or downsized their services since a new internship system was introduced four years ago, a Kyodo News survey showed Friday.

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