Spartanburg Medical Center acquired the mobile facility, which features heating, air-conditioning and critical care units, after Hurricane Katrina.
Despite being equipped for surgery, the mobile facility will likely be used to accommodate individuals with minor ailments and alleviate some of the capacity stress the hospital has been experiencing with the severe flu season.
Using the facility doesn’t add any extra cost to Spartanburg Medical Center — which has paid for the facility and the training necessary to use it for many years — but the hospital will bring in more physicians and nurses to support its roughly 40 trained employees to meet the patient surge, according to the report.
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