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January 25, 2021
The field hospital is for patients who have been discharged from the hospital s intensive care unit and do not need ventilators.
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One was built earlier this month in North Carolina.
The field hospital is for patients that who have been discharged from the hospital s intensive care unit and do not need ventilators.
CEO of Caldwell Memorial Hospital Laura Easton said, We doubled the number of COVID patients in a matter of days. And we doubled our hospital census. So, we had twice the number of people in the hospital that we normally have.
The tents and caregivers have been provided by Samaritan s Purse, an international Christian relief charity.
Samaritan s Purse relief workers. (Franklin Graham/Facebook)
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Christian humanitarian organization Samaritan s Purse has set up two emergency field hospitals in an effort to help combat the rise of COVID-19 cases in the United States.
The field hospitals are located in Southern California and North Carolina and hope to help alleviate pressure on area hospitals caring for patients with COVID-19, CBN News reports.
Earlier this month, a 30-bed respiratory care unit was opened next to Caldwell Memorial Hospital in Lenoir, North Carolina. A team of 46 disaster response specialists is now working with patients at the temporary hospital.