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Dr. Mahmoud Nashashib examined a 2-month-old heart patient with an echocardiograph in East Jerusalem. The pediatric cardiologist faces a cutoff of funds to treat his patients.

Palestinian medical crisis looms

As funds cut, many patients worsen, die

By Matthew Kalman and Sa'id Ghazali
Globe Correspondents / May 7, 2006

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(Correction: Because of editing errors, a story in Sunday's World pages about a crisis in Palestinian healthcare misspelled the last names of Israeli spokesman Yossi Tzemach and Palestinian cardiologist Mahmoud Nashashibi.) (Full article: 1220 words)

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