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• Hospital patients may need to be evacuated
WASHINGTON - Power outages caused by Hurricane Gustav have forced state officials to transport scores of patients from hospitals and other medical facilities for fear they couldn't survive long without air conditioning.
• Worst nightmare: Babies stolen from their beds
More new babies are being kidnapped from public places — homes, parking lots and shopping malls — even as improved awareness and better security have cut the number of newborns snatched from the nation’s hospitals and health centers. That’s ...
• Broads give $400 million to biomed institute
Rather than being established at a single university, the institute spanned both the MIT and Harvard campuses, including the region's 17 Harvard-affiliated teacher hospitals.
• China: Flaws may have led to school collapses
Ma said the construction ministry has sent more than 2,000 experts to study the quake-hit areas and make recommendations for the reconstruction of schools and hospitals.
• Kris Kirschner /Eyewitness News
Local hospitals offer classes for new parents and remind them of the dangers of sleeping in the same bed as their children. An adult can roll over the child while asleep, smothering the infant.