Shuttered Hospitals Re-Opening Across U.S. For Coronavirus Cases

Hospitals that only recently were closed after struggling financially are now being re-opened by state and local governments to treat the sickest of patients stricken by the Coronavirus strain COVID-19.

In the south Chicago suburb of Blue Island, Ill., for example, a hospital with more than 300 beds may re-open to treat Coronavirus patients, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Tuesday. And in California, the Orange County Board of Supervisors said this week the state is looking at re-opening the former 73-bed Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in San Clemente while 158-bed Community Hospital in Long Beach is preparing to re-open after being closed just two years ago, according to media reports.

“We have just shy of 75,000 licensed beds,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said earlier this week of the state’s hospitals. “We need an additional 50,000 beds in our system.”

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