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As of Tuesday, ten recovering COVID patients were being cared for at the temporary unit established at Genesis HealthCare’s Milford Center under a memorandum of understanding with the state. The unit has 28 beds and caters to residents of long-term care facilities, people who are homeless or who simply need more rehabilitation, but no longer need to be in a hospital.
“They would be staying in a hospital, occupying a bed, when they do not need to be there from a medical care perspective,” said Lisa Bond, deputy cabinet secretary at the state Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS). “So we want to be able to move, transition these folks out of the hospital, still getting them the care that they need, so that we can free up the beds for other patients.”