Updated December 10, 2020 6:32 p.m. EST
By Gilbert Baez, WRAL Fayetteville reporter
Fayetteville, N.C. As Cape Fear Valley Medical Center waits for its first shipment of a coronavirus vaccine, the hospital has put up tents in the emergency room parking lot, anticipating a surge in patients.
The tents went up late Wednesday and early Thursday, and Fayetteville firefighters spent the day ensuring they were properly secured. In order for us to maintain social distancing [and] keep our patients safe, we re opening up the tents here so we can have overflow, usually waiting space right now for folks to be able to wait, said Dan Weatherly, the hospital s chief operating officer.