The McCormick Place convention center in Chicago will be ready to accept 2,250 coronavirus patients this week, according to an article on the Chicago Sun Times website.
The two-week completion delivered 2,250 patient rooms, 43 nursing stations and support rooms for medical supply storage, pharmacy and housekeeping services.
More than 400 healthcare professionals — nurses, doctors, social workers and pharmacists — have been hired to staff the alternate care facility.
The facility includes 500 negative pressure tents delivered by the Illinois National Guard.
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