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Inland Empire Grapples with Hospital Bed Shortage

One indication of how underserved the Inland Empire region is has to do with its ratio of hospital beds. The High Desert only only 1.1 beds per 1,000 patients. Adding to pressures on the regions lack of hospitals is the poverty rate, which is about twice that of Orange County, reports California Healthline.