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    Source: http://montclair.patch.com/groups/bu...virus-outbreak


    Mountainside Responds to Fictional Virus Outbreak
    Hospital works with local government and emergency responders in preparedness training.
    Posted by Teresa Akersten (Editor) , October 10, 2013 at 09:00 AM
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    It was anything but business as usual recently at HackensackUMC Mountainside in Glen Ridge when physicians and staff jumped into action to respond to a serious, but fictional, crisis.

    The scenario ? a massive local outbreak of a SARS-like virus ? was conceived by emergency management officials in Newark who enlist the participation of all Essex County hospitals in a coordinated drill each year...
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