Scandal-hit Kobe hospital ditches Singapore, Indonesia forays

Scandal-hit Kobe hospital ditches Singapore, Indonesia forays

Photo taken Nov. 27, 2015, shows the Kobe International Frontier Medical Center, where five out of nine patients died after living-donor liver transplants. The hospital in the western Japan city of Kobe has cancelled involvement in a clinic in Singapore and a project in Indonesia, causing both to close, sources involved said Dec. 2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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