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California Employs Grim 'Mass Fatality' Program With Tents, Trailers

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California Employs Grim 'Mass Fatality' Program With Tents, Trailers

California Employs Grim 'Mass Fatality' Program With Tents, Trailers

As cases of the novel coronavirus surge, California is setting up tents and trailers to use as field hospitals to take in more patients.

Hospitals are building field hospitals outside their facilities in an effort to deal with the overflow of COVID-19 patients.

The state's 'mass fatality' program is for when 'there are more deaths in a given time period than the local coroner or medical emergency personnel could handle.


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