03-19-2020, 09:51 PM
Quote:>Each must look for the best step to take next, and we may/will modify those steps. That impetus to invention is far more useful than the stasis of fear.
^ From Mirah's post.
Along those lines, it's pretty cool to see King County, Washington proactively taking innovative steps to free up hospital beds for critical patients.
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The Shoreline Temporary Field Hospital, at 19030 First Ave. N.E., will provide up to 200 beds, according to the city website. It will house “people exposed to, at risk of exposure, or becoming ill with the novel coronavirus.”
The hospital will be on a turf soccer field that is on school district property but is leased by the city and expected to be operational in a week.
King County is also creating field hospitals at several more locations for people who cannot remain in their own homes or do not have a home.
King County needs sites for some 3,000 additional medical beds, according to Shoreline’s website.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-new...-outbreak/