UMass Memorial Health Care will begin treating COVID-19 patients at the field hospital the state has re-established at the DCU Center.
At full capacity, the Worcester field hospital is expected to accommodate 220 patients and will have greater abilities than when about 125 patients were treated at the former Centrum Centre in the spring.
The field hospital this time around will have the ability to conduct on-site chest X-rays, provide oxygen and IV therapies, administer inhaler and nebulizer treatments, and will have access to on-site advanced life support. Advances in COVID-19 treatments since the spring mean that doctors and nurses at the field hospital will have additional tools at the ready, like remdesivir, monoclonal antibodies and convalescent plasma.
When the National Guard built the new field hospital, it was designed to be more comfortable and less isolating for patients. This go around includes showers, an area for COVID-19 patients to interact with each other, recumbent exercise bikes and more.
Dr. Eric Dickson, president and CEO of UMass Memorial Health Care, said Thursday that his staff had a list of COVID-19 patients it could transfer to the field hospital as soon as it opens.
Another field hospital is expected to open this month in Lowell.
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