Governor Murphy Tours Field Medical Station at Atlantic City Convention Center
Governor Phil Murphy, Mayor Marty Small Sr. and Casino Reinvestment Development Authority Executive Director Matt Doherty took a tour of the new field hospital at the Convention Center in Atlantic City today (April 21).
The 258-bed medical facility mirrors those already set up at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus and the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center in Edison.
“That’s the shortest runway between one of these tours and a patient walking through the doors,” Murphy said, following the brief 10-minute preview of the facility. “That’s a good sign in the sense that it’s ready to go.”
The pop-up site will be for non-COVID-19 patients to help alleviate pressure on local hospitals. However, that could change if necessary to assist the COVID-19 crisis.
Click here to learn more out the Atlantic City Field Medical Station.
Toured our new field medical station at the Atlantic City Convention Center this morning.
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) April 21, 2020
We’re expanding our health care capacity as fast as humanly possible to prepare South Jersey for a surge in #COVID19 cases.
In this battle to save lives, every bed counts. pic.twitter.com/dFt0uxS9o1
Here is a look into the Field Medical Station at the Atlantic City Convention Center in Atlantic City, N.J., along with Colonel Patrick Callahan providing some insight into the collaborative efforts to get this facility operational. pic.twitter.com/3UyRqQfJ0Y
— NJSP - New Jersey State Police (@NJSP) April 21, 2020
