{"id":9035,"date":"2016-08-12T20:29:20","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T00:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=9035"},"modified":"2016-08-22T20:24:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T00:24:11","slug":"hospital-to-pay-man-for-unnecessary-procedures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2016\/08\/12\/hospital-to-pay-man-for-unnecessary-procedures\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital To Pay Man For Unnecessary Procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2207\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2015\/11\/23\/former-officials-go-to-trial-next-month\/trial-scales-gavel\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/trial-scales-gavel.jpg?fit=236%2C213&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"236,213\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"trial scales &amp;#038; 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