Many field hospitals went largely unused, will be shut down

by MICHAEL R. SISAK, The Associated Press

Wed, April 29th 2020, 8:29 PM UTC

FILE - In this April 1, 2020, file photo the interior of the TCF Center with temporary hospital rooms is seen inside the convention center in Detroit. The 1,000-bed facility at Detroit’s big convention center has treated about three-dozen people, with about 16 receiving care there as of Tuesday, April 28. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

FILE - In this March 30, 2020, file photo, the USNS Comfort hospital ship passes lower Manhattan on its way to docking in New York. Uncertainty in planning for the pandemic has left the globe dotted with dozens of barely used or unused temporary field hospitals. The Navy hospital ship that offered help in Manhattan is soon to depart. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

FILE - In this March 29, 2020, file photo, a Samaritan's Purse crew works on building an emergency field hospital equipped with a respiratory unit in New York's Central Park across from the Mount Sinai Hospital. Uncertainty in planning for the pandemic has left the globe dotted with dozens of barely used or unused temporary field hospitals. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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FILE - In this April 1, 2020, file photo the interior of the TCF Center with temporary hospital rooms is seen inside the convention center in Detroit. The 1,000-bed facility at Detroit’s big convention center has treated about three-dozen people, with about 16 receiving care there as of Tuesday, April 28. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

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