The East Meadow lawn in New York's Central Park is to be the new location of an emergency field hospital intended to house coronavirus patients, according to local media reports.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said that the 68-bed field hospital complete with 10 intensive care units, each fitted with its own ventilator, will be up and running by Tuesday. The field hospital will serve solely as a special respiratory care unit in order to combat the influx of coronavirus patients currently filling up hospitals.
