New York City enlists temporary morgues as existing facilities reach capacity


As the tragic nature of the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to take shape in New York City, reports have surfaced indicating that the city's hospitals and municipal departments are anticipating that regional morgue facilities will reach or exceed their designed capacity. 

CNN reports that New York City officials have begun setting up makeshift morgues in refrigerated trailers outside of Elmhurst Hospital in Queens and New York Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan, where a large number of COVID-19 related deaths have occurred. 

Previously on Archinect: "US Army Corps of Engineers has a plan to convert hotels into “ICU-like” facilities." The Army Corps of Engineers has developed a standard plan for converting hotels into makeshift hospital wards. Shown: The Army Corps headquarters in Washington, D.C. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons / AgnosticPreachersKid.

The development marks the first time that the city has set up such temporary facilities since the terrorist attacks of 9/1...

Antonio Pacheco via Archinect - News https://bit.ly/39xiEqG

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