the uk, we don t really even know how many people are waiting to get a diagnosis, we suspect hundreds of thousands of people are struggling with symptoms of dementia. it isn t an inevitable part of ageing, alzheimer s is a disease of the brain, people with alzheimer s need full support as the people with symptoms of dementia from a whole sorts of different things. we are calling on the government to properly address this need. social care funding that allows people to be discharged from hospital into step down beds for four weeks won t work with people with dementia because that their dementia is not going to end after four weeks, and they will end up back in hospital. quick fixes will not work, we need a long term plan. kate quick fixes will not work, we need a long-term plan- long-term plan. kate lee, chief executive long-term plan. kate lee, chief executive of long-term plan. kate lee, chief executive of the long-term plan. kate lee, chief executive of the alzheimer s - execu
protect you even more. people will still try to follow that advice. really frustrating when you thought you would be okay a few months ago. ellison barber, they had to open a second field hospital because of surging covid cases, including a surge in cases of children getting covid. tell us what you can about what s happening there. yeah. this is a field hospital in a parking garage. this is run and funded and staffed by samaritans purse. the second field hospital opened up on the campus of the university of mississippi medical center in less than a month. they have 32 beds at this field hospital. fairly high levels of care, icu and step down beds. expect to have it full of covid patients by end of the week. this here is foray dult covid patients, but this is a big medical system, big campus.
for covid cases and not minor case, but these are icu beds and step-down beds and the level below icu and these are the patients needing a high level of care. they did not have the room, and they did not have the equipment or the staff to accommodate them at this hospital any longer. again, this is the second field hospital, and the second one that they have opened up in a parking garage, and we have watched all day as they have brought the patients in. they expect to have all of the beds in this particular field hospital full by the end of the week. this is just for adults, but just down the road is the children s hospital, and they are seeing a rise in their numbers as well. they say that about 20 children are currently hospitalized with covid-19. they have enough room for them there, but what is concerning to them is the rate they have seen the numbers rise and the percent that children make up now of the total covid percentage that is higher than they have seen since the pandemic b