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Coronavirus in Texas

Texas' new coronavirus surge is leaving critically sick patients stranded in rural areas, hospitals say

Rural hospitals say they’re in a bind as larger facilities in places like Lubbock, Amarillo and El Paso fill with coronavirus patients and often cannot accept gravely ill patients who need more advanced care than small hospitals can offer.

The exterior of the main entrance at Eastland Memorial Hospital.

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