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Ed Markey: Dirty ICUs, patients are bleeding out, they're dying in the hallway.

On the recordSeptember 12, 2024
Dirty ICUs, patients are bleeding out, they're dying in the hallway.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey describes the dire conditions faced by patients at Steward Hospitals.

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