Hospitals Prepare for the Big One with Emergency Plans, Field Tents
Whittier Daily News › October 16, 2011
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Photo gallery: Seismic construction at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital
A devastating earthquake in Southern California would almost certainly collapse bridges, destroy roads and render hundreds of hospital beds useless, while leaving tens of thousands in need of medical care.See the full content of this document
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Hospitals Prepare for the Big One with Emergency Plans, Field Tents
After experts predicted in 2008 that a magnitude-7.8 earthquake would knock out 60 percent of the hospital beds in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties, first responders have become prepared with alternative medical care p...
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