A vacant Sears store is the site for a temporary hospital in Riverside County amid the coronavirus outbreak

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Riverside County officials will turn a vacant Sears department store into a federal medical station where they will treat less severe patients to help alleviate stress at area hospitals.

were evacuated from a Riverside County facility because of staffing issues, officials announced plans to open a second temporary hospital in the western part of the county to alleviate stress at area hospitals amid the coronavirus crisis.

Kaiser said it was unclear why employees didn’t go to work, but the issue troubles officials as cases continue to rise in the county. As of Thursday evening, there were 1,280 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 125 recoveries and 33 deaths in Riverside County. “Moving out the medically fragile folks from Magnolia [Rehabilitation and Nursing Center] was just the beginning,” Kaiser said. “There will be many folks who [will] need care when our hospitals start taking hits, and this second station means we’ll have the same added capacity in our western county as we do in the east.”

 

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Philosophical question - Does the store not cease to be a Sears store once it is vacated. Also should Sears get credit for vacating the store? See what happens when you run out things to do...nice to here they are converting a large commercial space to a backup hospital.

Do they need all the extra beds PUT AMERICA BACK TO WORK

Sadly there should be plenty of Sears AND Kmart stores empty and available for more bed space

Interesting. So they've gone from ships to Sears now? What exactly are men in army fatigues doing setting those beds up, is this a military op or what? I'm not subscribed

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