{"id":99059,"date":"2021-01-18T09:03:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T17:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=99059"},"modified":"2021-01-18T19:43:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T03:43:24","slug":"new-emergency-field-hospital-now-open-in-lancaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2021\/01\/18\/new-emergency-field-hospital-now-open-in-lancaster\/","title":{"rendered":"New emergency field hospital now open in Lancaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_99069\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99069\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-99069\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Emergency-field-hospital-Lancaster-1-1024x623.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Emergency-field-hospital-Lancaster-1-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Emergency-field-hospital-Lancaster-1-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Emergency-field-hospital-Lancaster-1-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Emergency-field-hospital-Lancaster-1.jpg 1212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[Image courtesy of Samaritan\u2019s Purse]<\/figcaption><\/figure>LANCASTER &#8211; An emergency field hospital has opened in Lancaster to help relieve the burden at Antelope Valley Hospital, which has been overrun with the surge in countywide coronavirus patients.<\/p>\n<p>The 54-bed mobile respiratory care unit is operated by Samaritan&#8217;s Purse, an international, Christian-based relief organization. It includes a team of more than 60 people from across the country, including 40 medical professionals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am in awe at how quickly this field hospital became a reality,&#8221; Lancaster Mayor Rex Parris said. &#8220;Once the call for help was made, city staff and local community members &#8212; in partnership with Samaritan&#8217;s Purse &#8212; came together to raise the field hospital in record time. We still have a way to go through this pandemic and the support of Samaritan&#8217;s Purse could not have come at a better time. This hospital will be crucial in reducing the burden on our local health care system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; \" id=\"theav-1499098377\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4504301096758439\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4504301096758439\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5907184250\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ed Mirzabegian, CEO of Antelope Valley Hospital, said the medical center experienced a surge of patients after each previous holiday, &#8220;so we&#8217;re preparing and bracing ourselves for the surge resulting from the New Year&#8217;s Eve celebrations. With the added 50-bed capacity, the extra medical resources, and their talented medical staff, the help comes at a good time and will ease the weight from the main hospital. There&#8217;s help needed across the country, and we feel blessed Samaritan&#8217;s Purse chose our hospital and our city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Samaritan&#8217;s Purse President Franklin Graham said he was in the Antelope Valley last week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was so impressed with the way the city and hospital, along with our disaster response team, have worked together to be prepared to meet the needs during this recent spike,&#8221; Graham said. &#8220;Please join me in praying for the leaders of this community, the patients in need, and for all frontline workers battling the virus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The number of coronavirus patients in Los Angeles County hospitals stood at 7,498 on Sunday, Jan. 17, with 23% in the ICU. After peaking at just over 8,000, hospitalizations have been inching downward in recent days.\u00a0The county has a total of about 2,500 licensed ICU beds.<\/p>\n<p>But health officials have warned that hospital numbers could significantly rise again due to people who were infected over the Christmas and New Year&#8217;s holidays. The county has continued to see elevated daily new case numbers, which always translate to more people being hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Previous related story<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2021\/01\/11\/emergency-field-hospital-for-covid-19-patients-opening-in-lancaster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emergency Field Hospital for COVID-19 patients opening in Lancaster<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_99070\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99070\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-99070\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Emergency-field-hospital-Lancaster-2-1024x627.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Emergency-field-hospital-Lancaster-2-1024x627.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Emergency-field-hospital-Lancaster-2-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Emergency-field-hospital-Lancaster-2-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Emergency-field-hospital-Lancaster-2.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[Image courtesy of Samaritan\u2019s Purse]<\/figcaption><\/figure>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LANCASTER &#8211; An emergency field hospital has opened in Lancaster to help relieve the burden at Antelope Valley Hospital, which has been overrun with the surge in countywide coronavirus patients. 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