El Paso Convention Center to be converted into makeshift hospital, feds sending aid due to virus surge
EL PASO, Texas -- The El Paso Convention Center downtown will be converted into an auxiliary hospital of up to 100 beds to deal with a massive surge in Covid-19 patients needing medical care and federal assistance will also be coming to El Paso, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Sunday.
The governor said the Texas Department of Emergency Management would lead the medical conversion of the convention facility, which is aimed at expanding hospital capacity locally.
"Opening this week, the alternate care site will be located at the El Paso Convention and Performing Arts Center and have a capacity of 50 beds and can expand to 100 beds if needed," said a statement from the governor's office.
Abbott said the state has already sent 900 doctors, nurses and other medical staff to El Paso, some of which will be utilized to staff the convention center hospital.
In addition, Abbott said the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would be deploying two 35-person Disaster Medical Assistance Teams, a Trauma Critical Care Team and Emergency Coordinators to El Paso this week.
These latest announcements from Abbott come just a day after he made a request to the federal government to use the old William Beaumont Army hospital to house non-Covid patients. It also comes after a plan by El Paso's hospitals to airlift some patients to hospitals elsewhere in the state due to the lack of bed space.
Hospitalizations due to Covid-19 reached a record 786 patients in El Paso on Sunday, up from 259 in less than three weeks— which is a 300% increase, health officials said.
Might as well put it to good use. It hasn’t made a dime since the pandemic started or even before that.
Yeah and they want to build another one downtown so it can sit there vacant.
Not according to Oscar Leeser. From his flyer: “I will not issue Certificates of Obligation for Quality of Life projects without voter approval”. The QOL 2012 bond issue will most likely be dead if he is elected Mayor or put out to another public vote. Vote for Oscar Leeser!
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Wait! What? A record 786 Covid19 patients in the hospital. 11k active cases of Covid19 in El Paso. Need to use an Entertainment activities building into a temporary hospital for Virus out of control in El Paso—and you guys are worried about Bond issues!!!! And about the lack of public usage of The Convention Center?? Really??? TONE DEAF MUCH!
What’s the matter nitwit? You too stupid to multitask? Engage in group talk? It’s all relative.
Shit for brains much?
Fuck Off, Retard!
FU2 nitwit.
All Alberto knows how to multitask is his farts and big mouth. Two part harmony. LMAO.
Yeah. Your idea of Multitasking is like a batter leaning on his bat to talk to the catcher when a 100mph fastball is coming at him! Use your brain, dumbass. It is not just there for eating, sleeping, and breathing. Think once in awhile, you will find it refreshing.
You that daft? Your idea of multitasking is juggling 25 fake psycho aliases 24/7 while holding all their dicks and having two trannies twerk their fat rear ends for all of you.
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I would STOP ALL THE DISABILITY MILITARY EVALUATIONS, carpal tunnel caca, prioritize OUR CITY CITIZENS.
Bunch of fake PTSD mfers crying like little girls. Outta here!!!!!
Prioritize those who contribute and work. All the madmike non face mask wearing maga hat wearing fuks skip them. Interestingly, no maga hats anywhere in the covid lines. lol. bunch of weaklings.
Your ass is unemployed/unemployable
No maga hats anywhere in covid testing lines, hospitals. LOL. That’s how loyal and cowardly they are. lol. We see you poop faced madmikes and gang.
All epidemics that ever existed came and went, but this one is being used to recreate civilization under authoritarian rule.