A toucan that has a fractured leg receives a shock wave treatment at the veterinary hospital in Brasilia Zoo, July 30, 2015. The zoo's veterinary hospital uses acupuncture and laser therapy to improve the health and well-being of animals with chronic diseases. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino 

Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh smiles as he arrives at his hotel prior to an OPEC meeting in Vienna, Austria, June 3, 2015. OPEC is set to carry on pumping oil nearly flat-out for months more, content that last year's shock market therapy has revived moribund demand and knocked back growing competition. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader 

Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko drinks from a cup during a news conference in Minsk January 29, 2015. Lukashenko said on Thursday Belarus would find a way out of its financial problems, exacerbated by economic turmoil in Russia, but ruled out "shock therapy." REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (BELARUS - Tags: POLITICS PROFILE HEADSHOT BUSINESS) 

Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a news conference in Minsk January 29, 2015. Lukashenko said on Thursday Belarus would find a way out of its financial problems, exacerbated by economic turmoil in Russia, but ruled out "shock therapy." REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (BELARUS - Tags: POLITICS PROFILE BUSINESS) 

Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a news conference in Minsk January 29, 2015. Lukashenko said on Thursday Belarus would find a way out of its financial problems, exacerbated by economic turmoil in Russia, but ruled out "shock therapy." REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (BELARUS - Tags: POLITICS PROFILE HEADSHOT BUSINESS) 

Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a news conference in Minsk January 29, 2015. Lukashenko said on Thursday Belarus would find a way out of its financial problems, exacerbated by economic turmoil in Russia, but ruled out "shock therapy." REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (BELARUS - Tags: POLITICS PROFILE HEADSHOT BUSINESS) 

Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a news conference in Minsk January 29, 2015. Lukashenko said on Thursday Belarus would find a way out of its financial problems, exacerbated by economic turmoil in Russia, but ruled out "shock therapy." REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (BELARUS - Tags: POLITICS PROFILE HEADSHOT BUSINESS) 

Gabriel Granados attends a physiotherapy session with doctors at Mexico City's Nutrition Hospital November 26, 2013. Two years after losing his arms to severe burns, a 53-year-old Mexican man is enjoying a new lease on life thanks to a rare double-arm transplant. Gabriel Granados arms were amputated just below the elbow after receiving a severe electrical shock. But in May 2012, nearly 20 medics, including five plastic surgeons, five nurses and three anaesthesiologists, performed a marathon 17-hour operation to attach two arms donated by a shooting victim. The operation was the first of its kind in Latin America with Granados having recovered the majority of movement in his arm from the operation following an extensive course of rehabilitation. Picture taken on November 26, 2013. REUTERS/Henry Romero (MEXICO - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY HEALTH) 

Gabriel Granados practices writing on paper during his physiotherapy session at Mexico City's Nutrition Hospital November 26, 2013. Two years after losing his arms to severe burns, a 53-year-old Mexican man is enjoying a new lease on life thanks to a rare double-arm transplant. Gabriel Granados arms were amputated just below the elbow after receiving a severe electrical shock. But in May 2012, nearly 20 medics, including five plastic surgeons, five nurses and three anaesthesiologists, performed a marathon 17-hour operation to attach two arms donated by a shooting victim. The operation was the first of its kind in Latin America with Granados having recovered the majority of movement in his arm from the operation following an extensive course of rehabilitation. Picture taken on November 26, 2013. REUTERS/Henry Romero (MEXICO - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY HEALTH) 

Gabriel Granados is seen during a physiotherapy session with a doctor at Mexico City's Nutrition Hospital November 26, 2013. Two years after losing his arms to severe burns, a 53-year-old Mexican man is enjoying a new lease on life thanks to a rare double-arm transplant. Gabriel Granados arms were amputated just below the elbow after receiving a severe electrical shock. But in May 2012, nearly 20 medics, including five plastic surgeons, five nurses and three anaesthesiologists, performed a marathon 17-hour operation to attach two arms donated by a shooting victim. The operation was the first of its kind in Latin America with Granados having recovered the majority of movement in his arm from the operation following an extensive course of rehabilitation. Picture taken on November 26, 2013. REUTERS/Henry Romero (MEXICO - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

Gabriel Granados attends a physiotherapy session at Mexico City's Nutrition Hospital November 26, 2013. Two years after losing his arms to severe burns, a 53-year-old Mexican man is enjoying a new lease on life thanks to a rare double-arm transplant. Gabriel Granados arms were amputated just below the elbow after receiving a severe electrical shock. But in May 2012, nearly 20 medics, including five plastic surgeons, five nurses and three anaesthesiologists, performed a marathon 17-hour operation to attach two arms donated by a shooting victim. The operation was the first of its kind in Latin America with Granados having recovered the majority of movement in his arm from the operation following an extensive course of rehabilitation. Picture taken on November 26, 2013. REUTERS/Henry Romero (MEXICO - Tags: SOCIETY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY HEALTH TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

France's Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault poses for photographers prior to an interview during the evening broadcast news of French TV channel TF1 in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, November 6, 2012. France's Socialist government unveiled measures to bolster the struggling industrial sector and make exporters more competitive but Tuesday's package fell short of the shock therapy industry leaders are urging. REUTERS/Thibault Camus/Pool (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

France's Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault poses for photographers prior to an interview during the evening broadcast news of French TV channel TF1 in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, November 6, 2012. France's Socialist government unveiled measures to bolster the struggling industrial sector and make exporters more competitive but Tuesday's package fell short of the shock therapy industry leaders are urging. REUTERS/Thibault Camus/Pool (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

France's Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault poses for photographers prior to an interview during the evening broadcast news of French TV channel TF1 in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, November 6, 2012. France's Socialist government unveiled measures to bolster the struggling industrial sector and make exporters more competitive but Tuesday's package fell short of the shock therapy industry leaders are urging. REUTERS/Thibault Camus/Pool (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

France's Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault poses for photographers prior to an interview during the evening broadcast news of French TV channel TF1 in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, November 6, 2012. France's Socialist government unveiled measures to bolster the struggling industrial sector and make exporters more competitive but Tuesday's package fell short of the shock therapy industry leaders are urging. REUTERS/Thibault Camus/Pool (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

France's Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault poses for photographers prior to an interview during the evening broadcast news of French TV channel TF1 in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, November 6, 2012. France's Socialist government unveiled measures to bolster the struggling industrial sector and make exporters more competitive but Tuesday's package fell short of the shock therapy industry leaders are urging. REUTERS/Thibault Camus/Pool (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

France's Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault poses for photographers prior to an interview during the evening broadcast news of French TV channel TF1 in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, November 6, 2012. France's Socialist government unveiled measures to bolster the struggling industrial sector and make exporters more competitive but Tuesday's package fell short of the shock therapy industry leaders are urging. REUTERS/Thibault Camus/Pool (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault speaks during a news conference to outline the Socialist government's plans for restoring industrial competitiveness in response to Gallois' commissioned report at the Hotel Matignon offices in Paris November 6, 2012. France's Socialist government unveiled measures to bolster the struggling industrial sector and make exporters more competitive but Tuesday's package fell short of the shock therapy industry leaders are urging. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault leaves after a news conference to outline the Socialist government's plans for restoring industrial competitiveness in response to Gallois' commissioned report at the Hotel Matignon offices in Paris November 6, 2012. France's Socialist government unveiled measures to bolster the struggling industrial sector and make exporters more competitive but Tuesday's package fell short of the shock therapy industry leaders are urging. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault speaks during a news conference to outline the Socialist government's plans for restoring industrial competitiveness in response to Gallois' commissioned report at the Hotel Matignon offices in Paris November 6, 2012. France's Socialist government unveiled measures to bolster the struggling industrial sector and make exporters more competitive but Tuesday's package fell short of the shock therapy industry leaders are urging. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault speaks during a news conference to outline the Socialist government's plans for restoring industrial competitiveness in response to Gallois' commissioned report at the Hotel Matignon offices in Paris November 6, 2012. France's Socialist government unveiled measures to bolster the struggling industrial sector and make exporters more competitive but Tuesday's package fell short of the shock therapy industry leaders are urging. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault speaks during a news conference to outline the Socialist government's plans for restoring industrial competitiveness in response to Gallois' commissioned report at the Hotel Matignon offices in Paris November 6, 2012. France's Socialist government unveiled measures to bolster the struggling industrial sector and make exporters more competitive but Tuesday's package fell short of the shock therapy industry leaders are urging. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault speaks during a news conference to outline the Socialist government's plans for restoring industrial competitiveness in response to Gallois' commissioned report at the Hotel Matignon offices in Paris November 6, 2012. France's Socialist government unveiled measures to bolster the struggling industrial sector and make exporters more competitive but Tuesday's package fell short of the shock therapy industry leaders are urging. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault speaks during a news conference to outline the Socialist government's plans for restoring industrial competitiveness in response to Gallois' commissioned report at the Hotel Matignon offices in Paris November 6, 2012. France's Socialist government unveiled measures to bolster the struggling industrial sector and make exporters more competitive but Tuesday's package fell short of the shock therapy industry leaders are urging. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault speaks during a news conference to outline the Socialist government's plans for restoring industrial competitiveness in response to Gallois' commissioned report at the Hotel Matignon offices in Paris November 6, 2012. France's Socialist government unveiled measures to bolster the struggling industrial sector and make exporters more competitive but Tuesday's package fell short of the shock therapy industry leaders are urging. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer (FRANCE - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

Supporters of Parliament Budget Commitee rally outside the Corruption Eradication Commission office in Jakarta October 3, 2011, as a member of Parliament Budget Commitee Oli Dondokambey is questioned over a multimillion-dollar infrastructure project in Indonesia's remote West Papua province. The multimillion-dollar project had noble ambitions: resettle migrant workers so they can forge a better life in one of the world's most populous countries. But after thousands of dollars in bribes were found stuffed in a fruit box at the Manpower Ministry, the project has become a symbol of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's struggle to deliver the "shock therapy" he promised in 2004 to rid Southeast Asia's biggest economy of endemic graft. The sign reads "I love Parliament Budget Commitee". REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Supporters of Parliament Budget Commitee rally outside the Corruption Eradication Commission office in Jakarta October 3, 2011, as a member of Parliament Budget Commitee Oli Dondokambey is questioned over a multimillion-dollar infrastructure project in Indonesia's remote West Papua province. The multimillion-dollar project had noble ambitions: resettle migrant workers so they can forge a better life in one of the world's most populous countries. But after thousands of dollars in bribes were found stuffed in a fruit box at the Manpower Ministry, the project has become a symbol of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's struggle to deliver the "shock therapy" he promised in 2004 to rid Southeast Asia's biggest economy of endemic graft. The sign reads "I love Parliament Budget Commitee". REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

A protester carries a banner of Indonesian Manpower Minister Muhaimin Iskandar during a protest at the Corruption Eradication Commission office in Jakarta October 3, 2011. A multimillion-dollar project in Indonesia's remote West Papua province had noble ambitions: resettle migrant workers so they can forge a better life in one of the world's most populous countries. But after thousands of dollars in bribes were found stuffed in a fruit box at the Manpower Ministry, the project has become a symbol of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's struggle to deliver the "shock therapy" he promised in 2004 to rid Southeast Asia's biggest economy of endemic graft. To match Insight INDONESIA-CORRUPTION/ Picture taken October 3, 2011. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

A protester carries a banner of Indonesian Manpower Minister Muhaimin Iskandar during a protest at the Corruption Eradication Commission office in Jakarta October 3, 2011. A multimillion-dollar project in Indonesia's remote West Papua province had noble ambitions: resettle migrant workers so they can forge a better life in one of the world's most populous countries. But after thousands of dollars in bribes were found stuffed in a fruit box at the Manpower Ministry, the project has become a symbol of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's struggle to deliver the "shock therapy" he promised in 2004 to rid Southeast Asia's biggest economy of endemic graft. To match Insight INDONESIA-CORRUPTION/ Picture taken October 3, 2011. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

A protester carries a banner of Indonesian Manpower Minister Muhaimin Iskandar during a protest at the Corruption Eradication Commission office in Jakarta October 3, 2011. A multimillion-dollar project in Indonesia's remote West Papua province had noble ambitions: resettle migrant workers so they can forge a better life in one of the world's most populous countries. But after thousands of dollars in bribes were found stuffed in a fruit box at the Manpower Ministry, the project has become a symbol of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's struggle to deliver the "shock therapy" he promised in 2004 to rid Southeast Asia's biggest economy of endemic graft. To match Insight INDONESIA-CORRUPTION/ Picture taken October 3, 2011. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

A member of Parliament Budget Commitee Oli Dondokambey speaks to reporters after being questioned as a witness over a multimillion-dollar infrastructure project in Indonesia's remote West Papua province, at the Corruption Eradication Commission office in Jakarta October 3, 2011. The multimillion-dollar project in Indonesia's remote West Papua province had noble ambitions: resettle migrant workers so they can forge a better life in one of the world's most populous countries. But after thousands of dollars in bribes were found stuffed in a fruit box at the Manpower Ministry, the project has become a symbol of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's struggle to deliver the "shock therapy" he promised in 2004 to rid Southeast Asia's biggest economy of endemic graft. To match Insight INDONESIA-CORRUPTION/ Picture taken October 3, 2011. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Indonesian Manpower Minister Muhaimin Iskandar speaks to reporters after being questioned as a witness over a multimillion-dollar infrastructure project in Indonesia's remote West Papua province, at the Corruption Eradication Commission office in Jakarta October 3, 2011. The multimillion-dollar project in Indonesia's remote West Papua province had noble ambitions: resettle migrant workers so they can forge a better life in one of the world's most populous countries. But after thousands of dollars in bribes were found stuffed in a fruit box at the Manpower Ministry, the project has become a symbol of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's struggle to deliver the "shock therapy" he promised in 2004 to rid Southeast Asia's biggest economy of endemic graft. To match Insight INDONESIA-CORRUPTION/ Picture taken October 3, 2011. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Moviegoers clad in bathrobes play with non functioning electro shock therapy equipment before Secret Cinema's closing night screening of the film "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" in west London November 21, 2010. Since 2007, Secret Cinema has championed a new type of participatory movie event where viewers are sold tickets but not told anything about the film they are to see, only what to wear and where to meet. Picture taken November 21, 2010. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (BRITAIN - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY) 

A mental patient named Totok reacts during a relax therapy session at the Galuh foundation compound in East Bekasi, outskirt of Jakarta November 5, 2009. The Galuh foundation house has housed more than 288 underprivileged mental patients since it was founded in 1982 by Gendu Mulatip. The foundation give patients a shelter to stay, treat them with prayers and traditional medicine, and feed them vegetarian food. Most of them became mentally ill due to the poor economy, head nurse Suharyono said on Thursday. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA HEALTH SOCIETY) 

A young man reacts after finding his relatives injured by a shotgun at an emergency hospital near the slum of Petare in Caracas, November 15,2008. Venezuela has one of the world's highest murder rates and crime has dominated the campaign in poor neighborhoods that bear the brunt of dozens of weekly murders.Venezuelans go to the polls on November 23 to elect state governors and city mayors. The man in the center died as the other was stabilized. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA) 

A young Somali lies on a hospital bed with bullet wounds in the south of Mogadishu March 31, 2007. Shelling rocked Mogadishu for a third day on Saturday, overwhelming hospitals with casualties as Ethiopian and Somalia troops backed by helicopter gunship attacked Islamist rebels and clan militia. REUTERS/Shabelle Media (SOMALIA) 

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (C) is accompanied by chief security minister Widodo Adi Sutjipto (L) and police chief Da'i Bachtiar (R) during a visit to police headquarters in Jakarta on October 26, 2004. Yudhoyono visited the police headquarters and the Attorney General's office to drive home the point that he means business in delivering a dose of "shock therapy" to fight endemic corruption. REUTERS/Crack Palinggi en/CP 

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L) walks with Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh after their meeting in Jakarta on October 26, 2004. Yudhoyono visited the office of his attorney general on Tuesday to drive home the point that he means business in delivering a dose of "shock therapy" to fight endemic corruption. REUTERS/Dadang Tri en/CP 

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono meets with Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh in Jakarta. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono meets with Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh (R) in Jakarta on October 26, 2004. Yudhoyono visited the office of his attorney general on Tuesday to drive home the point that he means business in delivering a dose of "shock therapy" to fight endemic corruption. REUTERS/Dadang Tri 

Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm presents the Dutch 2004 Budget
Memorandum to the House of Parliament in The Hague, September 16, 2003.
The Dutch government, a stern

critic of budget rule-breakers, prescribed shock therapy for its own
comatose economy on Tuesday with tax hikes and 11 billion euros ($12.4
billion) in spending cuts to meet EU deficit rules. REUTERS/Paul
Vreeker 

Poland's best known reformer Leszek Balcerowicz gives an impromptu news conference after parliament narrowly approved his nomination for central bank governor December 22, 2000 in Warsaw. Former finance minister Balcerowicz rose to international fame for drawing up and implementing Poland's tough but effective "shock therapy" economic reforms in the early 1990s.

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Poland's best known reformer Leszek Balcerowicz (L) receives congratulations from a colleague after parliament narrowly approved his nomination for central bank governor December 22, 2000 in Warsaw. Former finance minister Balcerowicz rose to international fame for drawing up and implementing Poland's tough but effective "shock therapy" economic reforms in the early 1990s.

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