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State senator offers up medical center shuttered by Superstorm Sandy to house coronavirus patients

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky sent a letter to the state Health Department suggesting a solution for getting to the target number of hospital beds -- reopening Long Beach Medical Center, which has been shuttered since Superstorm Sandy.

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Mar 27, 2020, 5:05 PM

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