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General hospitals are general in the sense that they admit all types of medical and surgical cases, and they concentrate on patients with acute illness needing relatively short-term care. A community general hospital with about 200 beds has an organized medical staff, a professional nursing staff, and diagnostic equipment. In addition to the essential services relating to patient care, it has a...
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