Word: drilled
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...Defense Department drill, the operation is the local arm of a mock enactment of what would happen in the event of a conventional war enervation. More than 780 hospitals nationwide are participating in the drill under the Civilian-Military Contingency Hospital System (CMCHS), a plan begun...
Rather than returning directly to their bases, U.S. troops taking part in that drill this week will be transported to hospitals throughout the country to test the availability of hospital beds in an emergency...
Harvard-linked Boston City Hospital was among those refusing to take part in the drill "It wasn't necessary to sign up for this; it war victims need to be treated, the beds will be available," said Warren Tessler, who helps coordinate the hospital's emergency services...
...drill has drawn criticism from some anit-nuclear activists that claim it is an attempt to condition the public for a nuclear...
...remaining Harvard-affiliated hospitals yesterday gave no political explanations for failing to particiapte in the drill...