NEW YORK – There is a coronavirus ward in tents in Central Park. A makeshift hospital has been set up in a Manhattan convention center.
Over the next few weeks, spaces including pro tennis courts, college dorms and a cruise ship terminal are supposed to start housing patients as New York state races to roughly triple its hospital capacity.
And still, officials worry whether the massive effort will be enough in the U.S. epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. A recent state chart tallying the planned hospital beds ended with question marks about how much space might be found in nursing homes.
Some hospital and city leaders question whether too much temporary hospital space is being reserved for patients who don't have the virus that causes