World IN BRIEF : SOVIET UNION : Health Minister Is Dropped
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Yevgeny I. Chazov, personal doctor to Kremlin leaders and co-winner of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize for his work with an anti-nuclear organization, was dropped as Soviet health minister. Soviet health care is frequently attacked for its shortcomings.
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