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Plaintiff sought damages of 90 million yen (US$863,433) from her tormentors and the school itself.
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It is reported that a shortage of psychiatrists and hospitals, combined with patients from the lower classes being unable to afford the costs of treatment, is behind this bizarre state of affairs. The population of the Hebei province totals in at 72.4 million.
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