Prompting new efforts to better deal with the new realities. Michele miller reports. Reporter hospitals were always designed to treat the ill. But battling covid19 over the last seven months pushed many to their limits. The assumption if you get sick we willor you is a false assumption. Reporter hospitals like chicagos Rush Medical Center have began to spring into action. We created a command center to bring together all of the people in the organization that represent all of the potential landmines and unmet needs that we may have. Reporter president and ceo at rush. Then we just took a giant board and we wrote down how do we physically change the hospital to take care of larger numbers of people. The process started eight years ago, long before the pandemic when rush added a new wing to their hospital. When you build something for the future of health care, you try to add something with flexibility or agility in it and we built an 830,000 square foot building in the city that has the
Tuesday, november 10th. The time is 9 02. This meeting will be conducted via webex. Okay, lets see here. Sorry about that. This meeting is being held by webex, pursuant to the governors executive order and proclamation declaring the existence of a local emergency during the coronavirus disease, the Fire Commissions regular meeting room at city hall is closed and meetings of the Fire Commission will convene remotely. You may watch live on www. Sfgovtv. Org and to participate by Public Comment by phone, please use the call in number 4156550001, access code 1465020961. Members s members of the pubc will have opportunities to participate during Public Comment. The public is asked to wait for the particular agenda item before making a comment on that item. Comments will be addressed in the order they are received. Members of the public can raise their hand by pressing star 3 and you will be queued. Callers will hear silence when waiting for your turn to speak. The operator will unmute you.
Weeks. Tracking eta. The newest Tropical Storm strengths as it marches toward the United States. See the damage already left behind by this storm thats already killed over 100 people. And getting off the ground. Flying cars have been promised for nearly 100 years. Well take you inside the race to create a real viable option to drive into the sky. But first, we begin with a look at todays eye opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Its pretty apparent to everybody who is watching right now and counting the numbers and looking at the universe of outstanding votes that joe biden is on the brink. The time for tallying votes is winding down. The nation awaiting who will be in the white house for the next four years. If it takes a long time, thats good. It means were being methodical. Were checking the facts. Its like in carpentry. You measure twice and cut once. Comes down to five key states. For now, joe biden, like the rest of us is left to watch and wait. As slow as it goes, it can be numbing.
Well come back. Supervisor preston okay, we see you, but there is sound difficulty. Ill let operations know that. We see that you did say aye present. Supervisor peskin madame clerk, supervisor peskin is present. Supervisor ronen present. Supervisor safai present. Supervisor stefani present. Supervisor walton present. President yee present. Clerk all members are present. President yee okay. Supervisor preston, are you able to get on . Clerk we see him, but we dont hear sound. President yee maybe he can get help from somebody. Clerk yes, ill work on it. President yee thank you. Please place your right hand over your heart. Would you please join me in the pledge of allegiance . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic, for which it stands, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv. Who records the meetings and makes the transcript available to the public onl
Welcome to the to todays hearing. Pursuant house rules, some members will appear inperson and others will appear remotely via webex. Some members are appearing in person, let me first remind everyone that pursuant to the latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask unless they are speaking. Members who are not wearing a facemask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders to those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on monitor in front of you when you are speaking in what is known in web ex as active speaker view. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with web ex by now but let me remind everyone of a few points. First, you will be able to see each person speaking during the hearing. Whether theyre there in person or remote. As long as you have your web ex set to acti