(St. Louis Post-Dispatch) - Hadassah in Jerusalem is the most thoroughly disaster-prepared hospital system that I'm familiar with. The hospitals have developed a disaster plan for conventional, chemical, and bio-terror attacks that is totally integrated with the army, police, emergency medical system, and other area hospitals. Today we recognize how poorly the U.S. is prepared for a terrorist attack, compared to Israel.
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