Wisconsin activates field hospital as COVID keeps surging

[Mary Wilson]

October 7, 2020 1:37 pm
Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's governor has announced the opening of a field hospital at the state fairgrounds as a surge in COVID-19 cases threatens to overwhelm hospitals.

According to the state Department of Health Services, only 16% of the state's 11,452 hospital beds are available as of Tuesday afternoon.

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[Mary Wilson]

Tony Evers to open field hospital at State Fair Park to provide relief for overwhelmed hospitals in Fox Valley, northern counties

Mary Spicuzza, Molly Beck
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Gov. Tony Evers will open a 530-bed field hospital at State Fair Park next Wednesday to help hospitals in the Fox Valley and in northern Wisconsin cope with a surge of COVID-19 patients that is leaving some facilities there with just a few open beds.

The move was announced the day the number of people hospitalized due to the coronavirus in Wisconsin inched toward 900 patients and a Fox Valley health care system leader said hospitals there were full.

... Evers said he was opening the field hospital at the urging of hospital officials in Green Bay, Appleton, Neenah and Wausau who are reporting that their ICUs are at capacity. They are transferring patients to other facilities and warning of critical staffing shortages

... The field hospital is about 120 miles away from the areas of the state experiencing overwhelming surges of COVID-19 patients.

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