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Last week, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Mike Leavitt announced that the department has made available nearly $1.1 billion to continue assisting public health departments, hospitals, and other health care organizations to strengthen their ability to respond to public health and medical emergencies as a result of a terrorism attack or naturally occurring event.

But medical emergency preparedness authorities say the grants aren’t targeted enough at helping hospitals to specifically prepare for catastrophic mass casualty events, especially preparations for surge, an issue HSToday.us recently reported on. ....