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ROUND ROCK – Texas State University is loaning area hospitals critical ventilators to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Thus far, Ascension Seton Williamson in Round Rock has received four ventilators and Dell Seton Medical Center in Austin has received two. St. David’s HealthCare has also discussed the possibility of acquiring units.

The Department of Respiratory Care, part of the College of Health Professions at Texas State’s Round Rock Campus, uses 14 vent...