field hospital

A portion of the convention center in downtown D.C. will be converted into a coronavirus field hospital starting Monday.  The Walter E. Washington Convention Center will become a 1,500-bed alternate care facility where virus patients can be treated if necessary. The first 500 beds will be set up by the first week in May, the mayor’s office said. The...

As hospitals prepare for the future spread of coronavirus, they are expanding the size of their emergency rooms. One hospital in Fredericksburg doing it in their parking garage.