Dear Log,
«There are few able doctors and little medicine in rural Turkmen hospitals, and last year President Niyazov sacked 15,000 medical workers, replacing them with army conscripts. However the local hospital was the only place for sick people to go - especially those without the funds to travel to Ashgabat for treatment.Asia -- it's the new Africa![...]At the same time, the president has also ordered the closure of rural libraries, saying they are pointless because village Turkmens do not read.»
--"Turkmen leader closes hospitals"
(Earth.)
