A 250-bed field hospital is being built inside Massachusetts’ DCU Center

Photo tour of construction posted on telegram.com


Members of the Massachusetts National Guard are helping  construct a field hospital inside the DCU Center north exhibition hall, according to an article and photo tour on the Telegram website.

Soldiers are being used as manpower to assemble the pieces of the hospital for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. 

The 250-bed field hospital will be managed by UMass Memorial Medical Center. 

Curtain dividers are being used to create separation/privacy  between the rooms

Read the article and see the photos.



April 14, 2020


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