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Clinical focus: Clinical Immunology & Infectious Diseases - Perspective

Hospital preparedness for COVID-19 pandemic: experience from department of medicine at Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System

Shaili Guptaa Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA;b Department of Medicine, VA Healthcare Systems of CT, West Haven, CT, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Daniel G. Federmana Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA;b Department of Medicine, VA Healthcare Systems of CT, West Haven, CT, USA
Pages 489-494 | Received 07 Apr 2020, Accepted 24 Apr 2020, Published online: 12 May 2020

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