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331:"Regional Hospital Sevvice"
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871:Rehabilitation hospital
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619:Geographic service area
605:lying in houses (India)
495:Hospital administrators
149:in Juneau, Alaska, U.S.
68:National Health Service
696:Unique physical traits
660:Complexity of services
119:, Medicine Hat, Canada
305:. Hamlin Fistula USA.
192:diagnostic radiology;
881:Verterinary hospital
866:Psychiatric hospital
718:Underground hospital
485:Emergency department
446:History of hospitals
303:"Regional Hospitals"
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890:Century established
836:Children's hospital
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520:Intensive care unit
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