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From Becker’s:

Hospitals across Oregon are treating the Aug. 21 solar eclipse as an “emergency event,” stocking up on extra supplies and ensuring every health facility is adequately prepared for the influx of people, according to The Oregonian.

With no precedent, Jeff Absalon, MD, executive vice president and chief physician executive of St. Charles Health System in Bend, Ore., said hospital leaders turned to their counterparts in a small South Dakota town that attracts an average of 1 million people for an annual motorcycle rally.

“One of the key things that we learned was that the need for acute care services oftentimes just mimics the increase in the population,” said Dr. Absalon. This means there will most likely be more patients with food poisoning, broken bones, strokes and heart attacks, and more emergency surgeries for traumatic injuries.

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