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UK Healthcare to Turn Nutter Fieldhouse Into 400-bed Field Hospital

“As the Commonwealth’s health care provider for advanced and critical care, it is essential that we are prepared for any scenario to ensure we are meeting the needs of our community and the Commonwealth,” said Dr. Mark F. Newman, UK’s executive vice president for health affairs. “We need to do whatever is necessary to ensure that highest quality of care is provided to meet the challenges associated with this unprecedented public health crisis.”

UK officials have announced that the field hospital will be ready in the next two weeks.

Details of that hospital include:

Rooms will be partitioned.