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gov·ern·ment hos·pi·tal

a hospital administered by officials of the city, county, state, or nation.
Synonym(s): public hospital

public hospital

A health care institution owned by a federal, state, or local government; PHs have had a significant role in caring for the sick in the US, but are regarded by some as anachronisms in an increasingly complex and costly health care environment with ↑ operating costs, economic recession, and governmental budgetary restraints
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The office added that the CDD rescue teams administered first aid to the injured and transferred them to al-Yarmouk Public Hospital, where they were listed in moderate condition.
10 injured in Irbid, Zarqa road accidents
Manila Mayor Isko Moreno is planning to build a state-of-the-art public hospital for the benefit of his constituents in his first term as the capital city's chief executive.
Manila mayor eyeing state-of-the-art public hospital
San Juan City Mayor-elect Francis Zamora said the city's public hospital is the "biggest problem" he will address after taking his oath as city mayor next month.
Zamora vows to address problem on city's lone public hospital
In the framework of efforts to upgrade autonomous public hospitals in cooperation with the state health services (Okypy), the ministry said it had begun "the enhancement and modernisation of public hospital equipment."
Over 400 electric beds purchased for public hospitals
Contract notice: hiring of the installation, manufacturing of the public hospital banner, logos of xunta de galicia and galician health service in various public hospitals of the autonomous community of galicia
Hiring Of The Installation, Manufacturing Of The public Hospital Banner, Logos Of xunta De Galicia And galician Health Service In Various Public Hospitals Of The Autonomous Community Of Galicia
Abbas Bhutta said his son Ansar Bhutta (18), of Pir Jahanian, was bitten by a street dog but no public hospital in south Punjab had rabies vaccine.
Shortage of rabies vaccine in south Punjab hospitals
In Fitch's view, the socio-political implications of a default by a public hospital for the French state differ greatly from one hospital to another, from "weak" to "very strong", and mainly depend on both the services performed by the hospital and its market share within its territory.
Fitch Ratings: Links with State Drive French Public Hospitals' Ratings
Previously, Beirut's Rafik Hariri University Hospital was the only public hospital offering the subsidized price, while outpatients obtaining medical tests at any other public hospital in the country were charged the full amount.
Govt to pay for 70 pct of outpatient tests
KUWAIT, Oct 16 (KUNA) -- Mubarak Al-Kabeer Public Hospital has conducted a complicated endoscopic tremor-removal surgery for the first time.
Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital conducts first endoscopic tremor-removing surgery
Another consultant observed for the same amount of time was found e d for private many are ge he to be working on average 14 hours a week at the public hospital.
CONSULTANTS WORK 13HRS.. & PAID FOR 37; RTE finds public patients ignored; Top doc focus on private work
Dubai: Khadija, a 35-year-old Pakistani woman, who was fighting cystic fibrosis in a public hospital in Dubai and desperately needed a lung transplant, is no more.
Pakistani expatriate Khadija is no more
Yes, why do I have to fight for my public hospital?
Keep it public says Maitland

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