Soldiers, engineers building field hospital for coronavirus patients in Detroit

The upper floor will accommodate patients who require oxygen, but not a ventilator


Soldiers and engineers have been busy inside the TCF Center in downtown Detroit so it can accommodate hundreds of COVID-19 patients and healthcare workers, according to an article on the MLive website.

The 1,000-bed field hospital will be separated into an upper floor with 600 beds for seriously ill patients and a lower floor with 400 beds for patients who are recovering from COVID-19.

The upper floor will accommodate patients who require oxygen, but not a ventilator.

Detroit has been a hot spot for COVID-19 cases, with 3,958 reported cases and 131 deaths as of April 4.

Read the article.



April 16, 2020


Topic Area: Infection Control


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