91.   Last week, Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said the government had decided the drug should not be distributed in public hospitals.

92.   Local government officials, including Giuliani, say cuts in public hospitals are necessary as cities struggle with budget deficits.

93.   Mayor R.C. Horn, an African-American, presides over the City Council, and African-American officials have led the school board and public hospital.

94.   McKinney acknowledged that managed care will mean reduced revenues for public hospitals.

95.   Most of the patients found their first stop at a public hospital like Elmhurst Hospital Center or Bellevue Hospital Center, and that is where things started to unravel.

96.   Mongan said Truman, like every public hospital, faces continual challenges.

97.   Ms. Mitchell said that privatizing a public hospital was complex.

98.   Nearly half of the clinics are in public housing projects, apart from other public hospitals or primary care clinics.

99.   Nearly half of the people who use Olive View and the other public hospitals and clinics have jobs, according to a recent county survey.

100.   Neither Hill nor McCormick would speculate as to how common either of the billing problems noted in Kansas City are at other public hospitals in the United States.