New field hospital opens its flaps in Robert Church Park
Members of the Memphis Fire Department help set up three inflatable field hospitals that can spring to life in seven minutes and hold roughly 20 beds each, in Robert Church Park Tuesday, July 16. Memphis Office of Emergency Management will have tours of the brand-new tent city from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Among its other attributes, a local, inflatable field hospital will take pressure off hospital resources in a bona fide emergency at a large event in Memphis.
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Emergency planning field hospital Heather Fortner Richard KeithJane Roberts
Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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