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SheltieLover

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Fri Apr 24, 2020, 10:54 PM Apr 2020

Memphis - COVID-19 field hospital conversion underway on Union Avenue

https://dailymemphian.com/section/metro/article/13321/covid19-field-hospital-memphis-commercial-appeal

By Jane Roberts
Updated: April 24, 2020 6:03 PM CT | Published: April 24, 2020 12:50 PM CT

Contractors are clearing space and adding shower and toilet facilities to accommodate COVID-19 patients at the former site of The Commercial Appeal in Memphis. (Courtesy of Corps of Engineers)

On May 14, when the former site of The Commercial Appeal opens as an alternate-care facility for COVID-19 patients, those who require intensive care will be housed on the third floor, in what used to be the sunlit newsroom.

An army of people – some 500 – are working in shifts around the clock to turn the old newspaper building into a hospital large enough to accommodate 400 patients.

“The project is about 26% finished,” said Jim Pogue, spokesman for the Corps’ Memphis district. “A tremendous amount of drywall is going up. It’s a beehive of activity. It is really something to see.”

Obviously, this is not being built on a whim. And Gov Lee is reopening the state??. 🤬🤬🤬

More at link.
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