Army to help convert vacant buildings into hospitals as COVID-19 spreads
By Thomas Brading Army News Service Mar 26, 2020
USACE personnel, working in support of FEMA, have spent the past several days performing site evaluations for constructing alternate medical facilities in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. These facilities will provide care for Non-COVID patients to help alleviate the burden on hospitals and provide additional beds/facilities for patients battling the virus. USACE has surveyed 14 sites so far and will begin work at the Jacob Javits Convention Center shortly.
USACE, New York District
WASHINGTON
Army leaders announced plans to quickly convert unused buildings into makeshift hospitals in multiple states, starting in New York, as hospitals brace for medical shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This week, construction is set to kick off as the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan will be refitted into a 1,000-bed hospital and an additional 1,800 field medical stations, officials said. Soldiers from the New York National Guard, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and civilian employees will prepare the medical facility, slated to begin operating in a week to 10 days.
Army to convert vacant buildings into hospitals as deadly virus spreads
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