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HHS watchdog paints bleak picture for hospitals fighting coronavirus (Politico)

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Many hospitals lack enough thermometers to monitor the temperatures of its own staff.

Widespread shortages of protective gear and other supplies, testing delays and difficulty maintaining adequate staffing threatens U.S. hospitals’ ability to respond to the coronavirus crisis as the number of cases continues to grow, a government audit found.

The bleak picture in the report from the Department of Health and Human Services’ inspector general is based on interviews with administrators from 324 hospitals and health systems between March 23 to March 27 and echo reports from the front lines about the health system’s fragility…

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