(NPR) U.S. Field Hospitals Stand Down, Most Without Treating Any COVID-19 Patients

U.S. Field Hospitals Stand Down, Most Without Treating Any COVID-19 Patients

Construction at the COVID-19 field hospital at McCormick Place in Chicago on April 10. The city pared back plans for a 3,000-bed temporary hospital at McCormick Place, the nation's largest convention center, as infection numbers decreased.



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U.S. Field Hospitals Stand Down, Most Without Treating Any COVID-19 Patients

Across the U.S., convention centers and empty fields were transformed into emergency field hospitals at a cost to federal taxpayers of more than $660 million. Most haven't treated a single patient.