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Santa Clara County hospital burn unit caught in fed cuts

Cramped within a tiny, aging section of Santa Clara County’s flagship public hospital, a team of people in cyan and navy scrubs treats the worst burn injuries in California. But a wave of massive federal spending cuts may complicate efforts to expand. The 55-year-old burn unit is one of only three centers of its kind between Los Angeles and the Oregon border. It’s not at Stanford — but Valley Medical Center, a San Jose hospital that predominantly serves the poor and uninsured. Its doctors treat people across seven counties and from as far south as the central valley. Those suffering life…

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