Turkey’s $2.6Bn Hospital Medtech Debts Create Problems On Top Of COVID-19
Executive Summary
Turkey’s efforts to control rising rates of COVID-19 are compromising the ability of hospitals to pay their debts to medtech and pharmaceutical companies. The government has devised a payments plan, but there is catch.
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