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‘Mother Nature is a beast’: Wildfires create ‘massive surge’ in calls

February 7, 2025Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor

LOS ANGELES – HME providers in the Los Angeles metro area have had to manage mandatory evacuations, power outages and other challenges, all the while handling a surge in demand for their services by patients who have also been impacted by recent wildfires. “We have many patients throughout that area and multiple facilities to which we provide equipment and service,” said Chris Rice, president of Diamond Respiratory in Riverside, Calif. “In fact, one in Altadena burned...

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