11.   Area hospitals have reported handling more than five times the number of patients in an average December.

12.   Area hospitals are preparing and upgrading their decontamination facilities to make them independent of the fire department in the event of a massive event.

13.   As a federally designated regional cancer center, Dana-Farber is intended to be a resource for all area hospitals.

14.   Area hospitals have stocked up on generators and dry ice.

15.   At least seven of the scores taken to area hospitals were reported in critical condition.

16.   Badly injured people would be brought here to be stabilized, then transferred to area hospitals.

17.   Based on the revenue numbers for Bakersfield area hospitals, any changes in the Medicare program will have a profound impact on the bottom line of health care providers.

18.   Birth rates have soared at many area hospitals in the last year, especially in recent months.

19.   Bishop was immobilized as a precaution, his neck strapped down, and he was taken to the locker room, and later to an area hospital.

20.   A fourth victim is in critical condition at an area hospital.