Washington’s field hospital dismantled before treating a single patient

[Mike Mercury]

The massive army field hospital that hundreds of troops built inside a Seattle convention center last week will be dismantled before treating a single patient

https://www.foxnews.com/us/washingto...irus-dismantle

The facility housed 250 beds, a lab, X-ray machines, surgery facilities and an intensive care unit. The decision comes just days after Washington returned 400 ventilators it received from the federal government






Nearly 300 soldiers from Fort Carson, Colo., and Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) near Tacoma, Wash., built the makeshift facility inside CenturyLink Field Event Center, normally home to the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks and the Seattle Sounders of the MLS, for patients who do not have COVID-19.

"We requested this resource before our physical distancing strategies were fully implemented and we had considerable concerns that our hospitals would be overloaded with Covid-19 cases," Inslee said in a press release.

“These soldiers uprooted their lives to help Washingtonians when we needed them most,” Inslee said. “Since then, it’s become apparent that other states need them more than we do. It’s only right that we release this capability, so those states have the tools necessary to help end this nation-wide fight that we are all battling together.”

He stressed this decision doesn’t mean “we are out of the woods” and pushed citizens to continue following quarantine and social distancing measures.

“We have to keep our guard up and continue to stay home unless conducting essential activities to keep everyone healthy," Inslee said. "We requested this resource before our physical distancing strategies were fully implemented and we had considerable concerns that our hospitals would be overloaded with COVID-19 cases."

The state said it also finalized a lease to use the former Astria Regional Medical Center in Yakima, central Washington, to increase surge capacity with an additional 250 beds for non-COVID-19 patients.

[Steve_R]

It’s just st money. We have an endless supply of it. When we look back on this in several years we’ll realize how idiotic our response was.

[DAB]

You build it in hope that you won’t need it

[Mike Mercury]

a waste of taxpayers money... based on extreme hype.

'let's ramp up the projection numbers; and when the facts don't match the hype... we'll take all the credit.'

[Bill]

I totally agree about waste of taxpayer money. The only redeeming thing about this is, I'm sure the military has a big training budget, and we could say this was a big training exercise. In that respect, there is some value, even though this was largely window dressing.

[Mike Mercury]

that news story is not about the military... instead the orders they were following.

[Black94lt1]

Ours is not quite done and will probably not be needed either

[Old Ben]

Originally Posted by Mike Mercury

The massive army field hospital that hundreds of troops built inside a Seattle convention center last week will be dismantled before treating a single patient

The facility housed 250 beds, a lab, X-ray machines, surgery facilities and an intensive care unit.

The state said it also finalized a lease to use the former Astria Regional Medical Center in Yakima, central Washington, to increase surge capacity with an additional 250 beds for non-COVID-19 patients.

So they are dismantling the one they just built because they don't think they will need it and are going to build one exactly like it in Yakima which is a couple hours away with a population of less than 100k.

[VatorMan]

The USNS hospital ship that was sent to NY City ? Yeah, it has 60 patients.