PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2006 Police pull a demonstrator out of a tank which was being driven towards riot police during an anti-government protest in Budapest October 23, 2006. Police fired rubber bullets on Monday to try to disperse anti-government protesters marching towards parliament on the 50th anniversary of Hungary's uprising against Soviet rule, a witness said.
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People wait to register at the Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology in Warsaw February 8, 2007. Up to 30 hospitals are in danger of closure, the spokesman for the Polish Health ministry said earlier this week. The healthcare sector in ex-communist Poland has an estimated 6 billion zlotys ($2 billion) in debt and up to 30 hospitals are in danger of closure, the spokesman for the Polish Health ministry said earlier this week. " We have to start with the basic fact that Poland has $300-$600 allotted per capita per year, for health care services. Even in Slovakia and Hungary it is around $1000, twice as high", said chief in Medical Oncology and head of Chemotherapy department Piotr Siedlecki during an interview with Reuters on Thursday.