THE FINNISH PARLIAMENT on Tuesday approved a government bill to prune the hospital network by a vote of 101 for and 96 against.
The vote expectedly exposed fissures within the ruling coalition, with five ruling-party members breaking with the party line in a rare demonstration of defiance: Markku Eestilä and Juha Hänninen of the National Coalition, and Mikko Lundén, Mikko Polvinen and Sanna Antikainen of the Finns Party.
