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In this Tuesday, March 24, 2020, photo, Melissa Short, left, system executive director for women's health at Swedish Medical Center, and Dr. Tanya Sorensen, a practicing maternal fetal medicine physician at Swedish, and executive director for women's services, pose in front of the center in Edmonds, Wash., north of Seattle. Several dozen expectant moms who had planned to give birth at the birth unit of the center will now have to go elsewhere because the facility is being repurposed to treat victims of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

In this Tuesday, March 24, 2020, photo, Melissa Short, left, system executive director for women's health at Swedish Medical Center, and Dr. Tanya Sorensen, a practicing maternal fetal medicine physician at Swedish, and executive director for women's services, pose in front of the center in Edmonds, Wash., north of Seattle. Several dozen expectant moms who had planned to give birth at the birth unit of the center will now have to go elsewhere because the facility is being re…

March 26, 2020

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US hospitals rush to find beds for surge of virus patients
March 26, 2020 3:41 p.m.

US hospitals rush to find beds for surge of virus patients

SEATTLE (AP) — With her due date fast approaching, Kelly McCarty packed a bag with nursing tops, a robe, slippers and granola bars. Last week's ultrasound, she said, showed “this baby is head down and ready to go."