11.   Prakrom said the huge budget cut would affect medical treatment in government hospitals.

12.   President Boris Yeltsin continued to be treated for pneumonia in a government hospital Monday while his Communist foes in the Russian parliament worked on an impeachment motion.

13.   President Chandrika Kumaratunga said on Friday that thousands of pints of blood spoiled at the blood bank and several patients died at government hospitals badly affected by the blackout.

14.   Perhaps, they could be placed at shopping malls, private clinics, government hospitals and government departments nationwide as well.

15.   Pharmacies donated medicine to help the small government hospitals that were overwhelmed with victims and ran out of supplies.

16.   Pillai, a food products millionaire, and Mehta, an iconic stock trader, fell seriously ill in jails and died in government hospitals while in custody.

17.   A fatal form of mosquito-borne dengue fever has killed at least six people in the past month and filled government hospitals to capacity, officials say.

18.   A fire swept through a suburban government hospital before dawn Saturday, killing at least eight patients.

19.   A general strike by health workers, including doctors, for higher wages halted treatment in government hospitals and clinics Tuesday.

20.   A fire swept through the corridors of a suburban government hospital before dawn Saturday, killing at least eight patients.