1.   Perhaps the only viable solution is to merge the hospitals.

2.   But attempts to merge hospitals from far and wide have also had problems.

3.   But he said a deal that Mount Sinai has to merge its hospital and medical school with New York University would provide alternative outlets for training.

4.   Trying to merge the hospitals turned out to be a less complicated undertaking.

5.   Under the national health system, for example, provinces are closing and merging hospitals and scaling back universal coverage, which pays for visits to doctors and hospitals.

6.   Part of the problem arises from the culture clash inherent in merging Catholic hospitals - which prohibit abortions and some other reproductive services - and secular institutions.