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Rhode Island Doctor Discusses Running Field Hospital Amid Fall COVID-19 Surge

Published December 1, 2020 at 11:06 AM CST

As other states consider similar measures, Rhode Island has opened not one, but two field hospitals to help treat patients with COVID-19.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Dr. Paari Gopalakrishnan, chief medical officer at Kent Hospital in Warwick, who is now running the field hospital in Cranston.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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