N.C. gets $9 million mobile disaster hospital

Federal Surplus Property has donated the FEMA-authorized mobile hospital unit to the state’s Office of Emergency Medical Services


Federal Surplus Property has donated a $9 million FEMA-authorized mobile hospital unit to the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services, according to an article on the Charlotte Business Journal website.

The mobile hospital includes:

• Two five-bed mobile emergency departments

• A 21-bed emergency department with X-ray unit, clinical lab, pharmacy and medical supply and logistical support

• A 12-bed intensive care unit

• An operating room with an imaging scanner intensifier and operating microscope 

The mobile hospital was trucked in pieces from North Carolina to Mississippi to help support recovery efforts after a tornado ripped through the town of Louisville.

The facility was previously owned by FEMA and maintained by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

Read the article.

 



March 1, 2016


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