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Battered by 1st wave, Madrid hospital staff stretched by 2nd

by Associated Press
| October 6, 2020 12:03 PM

TORREJÓN DE ARDOZ, Spain (AP) — With speed and determination, nurses, doctors and caretakers move in and out of glassed rooms with beds hooked up to tubes, cables and monitors. The cadence of beeps serves as a soundtrack to their workday, underpinned by a constant chatter of voices at half pitch and the snapping of rubber gloves as they're removed by staff ending their shifts.

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