21.   A judge has ordered South Africa to distribute nevirapine at public hospitals that have adequate staff and expertise.

22.   A mayoral advisory panel recommended last year that the entire public hospital system be dismantled, although the mayor distanced himself somewhat from that suggestion.

23.   Across Venezuela, public hospitals lack supplies.

24.   Across the country, many public hospitals that have so far been able to maintain their level of services, like Thomason, are increasingly hard-pressed to keep up.

25.   Brenda Curtis, a public hospital worker, said going to the tent each night for five weeks had indeed changed her life.

26.   But because the university medical center is a public hospital owned by taxpayers, the merger would also require legislative approval.

27.   But government officials say the findings are particularly worrisome because they reflect problems common in public hospitals across the country.

28.   But its public hospitals serve fewer patients and spend much less.

29.   But many states do not have any public hospitals or any public financing system in place.

30.   But in public hospitals, babies are delivered by whomever is on duty, and a woman may never see a doctor.