Wounded Care: The Indian Health Service's Failure

Wounded Care: The Indian Health Service's Failure
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Multiple unnecessary patient deaths have occurred at the Indian Health Service hospital in Winnebago, Neb., which has been operating without federal funding for more than a year. IHS provides "Third World healthcare," the local tribe says, echoing the concerns of other Native Americans. Now, the tribe wants to take the hospital over on its own.



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