Civic Centre turns medical facility due to increase in morbidity

 


USA: The West Texas city of El Paso, which is seeing facilities hard-pressed to handle the fast-rising number of coronavirus cases, is preparing to open its civic center for additional beds and add a fourth mobile morgue.

University Medical Center of El Paso's spokesman Ryan Mielke told CNN their hospital has 222 patients with Covid-19.
"We set a record yesterday and beat it today," Mielke said. "It is just a new peak every day."
    About 978 patients with the virus are hospitalized in El Paso -- a city of 680,000 residents -- and 273 of those are in intensive care, according to the city's coronavirus dashboard.
    The city is about to use its civic center for Covid-19 patients and will have 50 beds, Mielke said.
    The hospital has already expanded its Covid-19 capacity by partnering with El Paso Children's Hospital, which has dedicated a floor to non-Covid-19 overflow patients, and it has a mobile isolation tent outside the hospital accepting patients.
    A fourth mobile morgue is on its way to the hard-hit city, which has reported 605 deaths.
    Asked about the surging cases and the link to the need for a fourth mobile morgue, Mielke said, "Simple math will tell you a certain percentage of those will have negative outcomes."

    CNN

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