Penn Medicine is rushing to open part of a new hospital tower in University City in an effort to help with the influx of novel coronavirus patients.

该设施将在宾夕法尼亚大学医院对面开设119张医院病床,宾夕法尼亚州医学发言人于3月22日向NBC10证实。

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发言人在一份声明中说:“工作人员正在全天候工作,以令人难以置信的速度完成该项目 - 预计这些房间将在4月中旬准备就绪,在该设施计划开放之前15个月。”

发言人说,宾夕法尼亚州医学已与宾夕法尼亚州州长汤姆·沃尔夫(D)办公室和费城大楼和建筑贸易委员会“紧密合作”,以加快建筑的速度,同时确保工人的安全。

3月19日,狼命令所有“非必要企业”关闭across the state, including construction companies. However, Philadelphia officials shortly thereafter said they would work with the governor to keep construction going, at least temporarily, referencing their desire to continue building at a hospital in the city.

目前尚不清楚他们指的是宾夕法尼亚大学医院。

宾夕法尼亚大学医学计划完成建造of the site – called“凉亭”– by 2021, but the current coronavirus outbreak seems to have accelerated the pace.

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley has repeatedlywarned of the danger of the city’s health system being overwhelmed由冠状病毒患者。Farley与全国其他医疗保健专业人员一样,敦促感染的患者在寻求医院护理之前与其初级保健提供者联系,除非患有严重症状,否则试图在家中治疾病。

在费城,至少有96人截至3月22日,该病毒已被病毒感染。在宾夕法尼亚州,至少有479例确认病例和两人死亡。

The numbers, which officials warn will continue to rise, also prompted Wolf to发出紧急豁免因此,全州的医院可以在与新冠状病毒引起的Covid-19患者涌入时增加医院病床。