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AMERICUS, Ga. (AP) - Doctors and nurses struggled to evacuate patients after a tornado smashed a Georgia hospital, filling it with glass, dirt and debris, and flooding operating rooms with murky water.
No one inside Sumter Regional Hospital was seriously hurt, but the storms quickly rendered the medical center unsafe for its 100 patients.
After the storms passed, hospital staff carried patients down stairs, either in wheelchairs or atop mattresses. Off-duty employees showed up for work. And volunteers from nearby homes helped translate for Spanish-speaking patients.
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