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Chavez blames medical equipment problems on manufacturer
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| Published on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 | Email To Friend Print Version
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CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez blamed Dutch company Philips on Tuesday for problems the country's health network has had with medical equipment and said the government reserves the right to take legal action.
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| Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. AFP PHOTO |
Chavez's comments echoed those by Cuba's former president, Fidel Castro, who last month accused Philips of reneging on a contract and betraying Cuba and Venezuela by cutting off supplies of medical equipment due to pressure from the United States.
"These (medical) high technology centers ... have problems with their equipment due to the pressure the United States government is exercising on Philips, which has not completed (its contract) and that is affecting us," Chavez said during a cabinet meeting broadcast on state television.
"Of course, we reserve the right to take legal actions," he added, without giving details.
In a September opinion piece, Castro said Cuba acquired medical equipment from Philips and German company Siemens (SIEGn.DE) in 2006 to cover the island's needs and Cuban projects such as those in Venezuela but that it had not received supplies for the last three years
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