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Redeployment in COVID-19: old dogs and new tricks
  1. KT Matthew Seah
  1. Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
  1. Correspondence to KT Matthew Seah, Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK; matt.seah{at}doctors.org.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2020-210052

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    • Contributors KTMS is the sole author of the submitted work.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

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