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On This Side of Surge, Hospital Asks Sick People to Seek Care

May 22, 2020
1 min read

MelroseWakefield Hospital is finding that people who need care are putting off visits due to coronavirus-related anxieties.

As overflow beds get wheeled out of the halls of MelroseWakefield Hospital and COVID-19 surge precautions are slowly stripped away, it’s gradually getting back to a more normal feel at what just a few weeks ago looked like a place awaiting disaster. Except for one major thing: the patients.
 

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