Article: Unready in the Capital; Washington Hospital Center has a plan to handle a medical catastrophe -- but not the federal funds it needs.

AREPORT from Congress warns that the Washington area is ill- prepared to deal with the medical consequences of a catastrophic event. What's scary -- and maddening -- about this grim reminder of the region's vulnerability is that one possible solution is at hand but has languished because of government inaction. Instead of just sounding the alarm, Congress needs to find the money for a project that would go a long way toward improving disaster preparedness for the high-risk Washington region.

The ER One project of the Washington Hospital Center directly addresses the concerns raised by a recent report from House Democrats on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Committee ...

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