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Europe's hospitals among the best but can't handle pandemic

by AP Medical Writer
| March 31, 2020 1:03 AM

LONDON (AP) — As increasing numbers of European hospitals buckle under the strain of tens of thousands of coronavirus patients, the crisis has exposed a surprising paradox: Some of the world’s best health systems are remarkably ill-equipped to handle a pandemic.

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