Russia's PM Halts Ban on Medical Imports

Russia's Prime Minister, Dmitri Medvedev, announced a halt to a proposed ban on state-funding of imported medical goods. Medvedev told Russian journalists a suggested bill to restrict imported medical devices and supplies would not be supported by his government unless treatment quality for patients could be maintained. "I have stopped the document [bill] so far,” he said. The prime minister added, “we must be 100 percent sure that if we close the supply of something, we...

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