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FEMA promised funds to tsunami-proof an Oregon hospital. That money is MIA

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Eight years ago, Erik Thorsen — CEO of Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Ore. — received a warning that no hospital administrator wants to hear: A big earthquake could cause his hospital’s building to collapse. His staff and his patients could die in a matter of moments.“They basically said, ‘None of you are prepared for a major natural disaster from the Cascadia subduction zone,’” recalls Thorsen.The Cascadia subduction zone is an earthqua…

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In both the Hemicycle and the field, the evolution of the national health insurance expenditure target is considered insufficient in view of the needs. The government has promised a gesture.

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