VA Hospital staff Sets Up Disaster Unit in 70 Minutes
A team of 76 Veterans Administration Hospital staff set up an improvised emergency hospital at the East Genesee Street Armory in 70 minutes, finishing a first phase of medical defense drills with an X-ray department operating room wards and supplies arranged. Tonight they complete the second half of the exercise with simulated disaster victims and 200 cots to be tagged.
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Emergency Civil Defense Drill Trains Impromptu Hospitals
In New York State cities a drill trains community civil defense teams to set up improvised emergency hospitals. Onondaga County hosts nine of 2001 mobile units, each costing 40000, stocked statewide to counter potential disaster to normal hospital operations.
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