{"id":183590,"date":"2017-04-09T18:01:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-09T18:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/article\/why-do-azerbaijani-officials-seek-medical-treatment-abroad\/"},"modified":"2017-04-09T18:01:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T18:01:56","slug":"why-do-azerbaijani-officials-seek-medical-treatment-abroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meydan.tv\/en\/article\/why-do-azerbaijani-officials-seek-medical-treatment-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do Azerbaijani Officials Seek Medical Treatment Abroad?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n    <iframe\ttitle=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q7IP-Sazuuk\"\tframeborder=\"0\"\tallow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\n  Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Abid Sharifov was flown to Israel on April 3 after doctors discovered a dangerously low heart rate. 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