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Show you exactly where we are. we are outside of a parking garage. you can see behind me a little bit behind me, you can see the nurses now arriving. this is the university of mississippi medical center s second field hospital. this is run and funded by samaritan s purse. it is only for adult covid patients they have over 30 beds this is not patients who have minor cases of covid-19. the beds here are icu beds and stepdown beds which is just a level below needing icu care. this is the state s premier hospital system and they are struggling to keep up with the surge of covid patients. the children s hospital is struggling as well. as you said, this is the state s only children s hospital and when i spoke to a pediatrician here they told me the numbers they re seeing of children admitted with acute cases of covid-19 is astounding. they re also seeing a rise in patients, children, having that ....