St. Lukes Hospital in Phoenix to reopen to help with coronavirus outbreak

The Arizona National Guard and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are planning to reopen St. Luke's Hospital to help with the shortage of beds during the coronavirus outbreak in Arizona.

According to an AZFamily article, Dr. Cara Christ, who oversees the Department of Health Services, said

The two agencies have started work to open the health care facility at 16th and Van Buren streets. The move will add about 340 ICU beds. The hospital closed in November because there weren't enough patients.

According to Christ, Arizona would need an extra 13,000 hospital beds and 1,500 ICU beds in a worst case scenario.

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