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Texas hospital CEO "deeply disappointed" by Abbott's bid to ban vaccine mandates

By CBS News
| October 14, 2021

Houston Methodist - a medical center and six community hospitals - is "deeply disappointed in the governor's order [to ban vaccine mandates,]" Dr. Marc Boom, president and CEO of Houston Methodist said in an emailed statement to CBS MoneyWatch.

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