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Congressional Inquiry - Hospitals can't handle attack: Trauma centers lack capacity for terrorism victims, lawmakers say
"If a terrorist attack had occurred on March 25 when we did our survey, the consequences would have been catastrophic," Waxman said. "The emergency care systems were stretched to the breaking point and had no capacity to respond to a surge of victims." Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., said there's no easy way to prepare for mass casualties. "We cannot afford to build and maintain idle trauma facilities, waiting for the tragic day we pray never comes," he said read more