From 2 hospitals open underground virus wards to ready for possible surge in patients
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRambam Medical Center in Haifa and Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva are readying underground coronavirus wards to prepare for a possible jump in COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization, the Ynet news site reports.
Rambam’s underground facility, which is in the hospital’s parking garage, will initially have 110 beds and has the capacity for 770.
A statement from the hospital says the facility will start operating next week, with patients from its existing coronavirus wards to be transferred there.
The news site says the new ward at Beilinson, which has 206 beds, is expected to beginning receiving its patients tomorrow from the north, where there is less capacity at hospitals to house those sick with COVID-19.
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