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Gavin Newsom Directs $42 Million To Expand California’s Health Care System Amid Coronavirus Crisis

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By Anita Bennett editor Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Saturday that he is directing more than $42 million in emergency funding to expand California’s health care system as hospitals prepare for a flood of patients amid the coronavirus crisis.

Of this amount, the state will spend $30 million to lease two medical facilities — Seton Medical Center in Daly City and St.

Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles, Newsom said in a statement. A total of $8.6 million will be used to purchase new ventilators, IV fusion pumps, and to refurbish existing ventilators.

Additionally, the state will use $2 million to secure a contract with American Medical Response to transport patients, and $1.4 million will be used to expand capacity of the state’s public

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