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Opinion: The Pulse nightclub tragedy changed how one hospital treats foreign patients

Hospitals across the nation and beyond need to rise to the challenge and provide foreign patients with the level of support they deserve.
Emergency personnel wait with stretchers at Orlando Regional Medical Center for the arrival of patients from the scene of the Pulse nightclub shooting on June 12, 2016.

During times of crisis, you’re forced to learn a lot about yourself — and quickly. That was certainly the case for our team at Orlando Health when faced with the aftermath of the Pulse nightclub shooting on June 12, 2016.

The Pulse assault was, at the time, the single deadliest mass shooting in the history of the United States, with 49 dead and 58 wounded — the majority of whom were treated by our teams at Orlando Health. The horrifying tragedy rocked our community, and

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