{"id":34200,"date":"2009-03-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/03\/25\/dr-sitorius-discusses-bellevue-medical-center-before-congress\/"},"modified":"2009-03-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-25T05:00:00","slug":"dr-sitorius-discusses-bellevue-medical-center-before-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2009\/03\/25\/dr-sitorius-discusses-bellevue-medical-center-before-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Sitorius discusses Bellevue Medical Center before Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"150\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/SitoriousFamilyMEd309.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br 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