Anthrax Victim honored in CT.

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State dedicates new field hospital to anthrax victim

By CARA RUBINSKY
Associated Press Writer

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Nearly five years after an elderly Oxford woman died of inhalation anthrax, the state Wednesday dedicated a new mobile field hospital in her memory.

The $8.25 million dollar hospital, funded by state bond money, includes a series of tents and is roughly the size of a football field when all 100 beds are set up.

The hospital is designed for any situation where people need to be quarantined because of anthrax, another biological agent or a chemical agent.

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The hospital was dedicated Wednesday to Ottilie Lundgren, one of five people across the country who died after anthrax exposure in 2001.



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