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Trapped: Unnecessary Equipment
In this excerpt from the Independent Lens film Trapped, Marva, director of clinical services at Whole Woman’s Health, gives a tour of the unnecessary major surgery equipment her facility is required to maintain, including a seldom used pharmacy and an operating room outfitted with the same equipment required for open heart surgery.
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