Samaritanâs Purse opens new field hospital at Caldwell UNC
Samaritanâs Purse opens new field hospital at Caldwell UNC By Sharonne Hayes | January 7, 2021 at 2:34 PM EST - Updated February 16 at 6:10 PM
CALDWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - Samaritanâs Purse joined several North Carolina hospitals in providing a new emergency COVID-19 field hospital in Lenoir.
The 30-bed campus constructed in the parking lot of the Caldwell Memorial Hospital was built in just seven days and will provide regional COVID-19 care support for those living in western North Carolina.
Edward Graham spoke on behalf of Samaritanâs at the groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday morning.
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Samaritanâs Purse starts building field hospital in Lenoir to help with COVID-19 Samaritanâs Purse officials say they will begin the construction of the hospital on the grounds of Caldwell UNC Health Care in Lenoir on Friday, Jan. 1. (Source: WBTV) By WBTV Web Staff | December 31, 2020 at 3:40 PM EST - Updated January 1 at 6:28 PM
LENOIR, N.C. (WBTV) - A 30-bed emergency field hospital is being built to provide COVID-19 care support for western North Carolina as the pandemic has worsened this winter.
Samaritanâs Purse officials said they would begin the construction of the hospital on the grounds of Caldwell UNC Health Care in Lenoir on Friday, Jan. 1. Just after 9:30 a.m., the trucks began to arrive at the site.
LENOIR, N.C. (WTVD) As North Carolina reported a record number of hospitalizations 23 times in December for COVID-19 cases, the humanitarian group, Samaritan s Purse is doing its first good deed of the year by setting up an Emergency Field Hospital in the western part of the state.
The international headquarters of Samaritan s Purse, led by Reverend Franklin Graham, is located in Boone, N.C. The group is constructing a 30-bed field hospital for COVID-19 patients in Lenoir, North Carolina in a parking lot at the UNC Caldwell Health Care Center.
The field hospital will support five regional partners:
Caldwell UNC Health Care in Lenoir
The year 2020 wrapped with hospitals in Spartanburg, Cherokee and Union Counties at or near capacity due to the number of admitted COVID-19 patients.
As of Thursday afternoon, Cherokee Medical Center in Gaffney was at 100% capacity, with zero beds available, according to data posted on DHEC’s website. Spartanburg’s hospitals are currently at 97.5% capacity with only 14 beds available.
And at Union Medical Center, in Union County, three beds are available.
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System manages hospitals in all three of these counties. As of Thursday evening, hours before the clock struck midnight ringing in the start of 2021, there were nearly 200 COVID-19 patients being treated for care across the hospital system.