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As virus spreads, VA gets set to back up taxed US hospitals

by Associated Press
| March 20, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs is bracing for a potential surge of 1 million veterans infected by coronavirus and at the same time is preparing for the possibility it may have to absorb overflow civilian patients if private hospitals are overrun by the pandemic.

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