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Overworked nurses linked to higher death rates

Nurses walk in a corridor on September 20, 2013 at Lens' hospital. Photo: AFP

Paris, France:  Investigations in nine European countries have given statistical backing to claims that patients' lives may be at risk when nurses are overworked, specialists said on Wednesday.

Published in The Lancet, the study touches on a sensitive topic in countries where health budgets are under strain.

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