The OC Health Care Agency will deploy mobile field hospitals (MFHs) to local hospitals this week to support the Orange County (OC) health care system as it responds to a surge in COVID-19 patients. OC hospitals may receive emergency waivers from the California Department of Public Health to request the use of the MFH facilities.
As posted on the HCA’s website, ochealthinfo.com/novelcoronavirus, Orange County currently has 10.4 percent (unadjusted) of adult intensive care unit beds available in our local hospital system and reported an additional 2,173 cases of COVID-19 today.
MFHs are capable of expanding current hospital capacity by adding additional beds to existing grounds. They are housed in large, semi-type trailers and contain heavy duty canvas tents with hard flooring and temperature-controlled units equipped with running water, toilets and showers, generators and lighting, as well as air purifiers. MFHs can be configured in a myriad of footprints and sizes, and the HCA ha
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Construction is expected to begin Wednesday on at least one mobile field hospital in Orange County as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations reach record highs.
At least three hospitals have requested the mobile field hospitals in response to the alarming figures. Here s where they ll be located.
Fountain Valley Regional Hospital: 50 beds
St. Jude Medical Center, Fullerton: 25 beds
University of California, Irvine: 50 beds
This illustration provided by the Orange County Health Care Agency shows a mobile field hospital design. Credit: OCHCA
The county reported 2,173 new COVID-19 infections Tuesday, raising the cumulative case total to 107,937. Hospitalizations grew from 1,287 Monday to 1,371 Tuesday, including 296 ICU patients, up from 288 the previous day.
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