Gunma Univ. Hospital report admits negligence in 8 surgery deaths

The head of Gunma University Hospital Yoshihisa Nojima (C) and two other officials bow during a press conference in the city of Maebashi, eastern Japan, on March 3, 2015, as the hospital issued a final report the same day admitting its negligence in the deaths of eight patients after laparoscopic liver surgery at the hospital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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