yep.
by summer UK had temporary 'knightingale' hospitals. the problem is they were only fitted with intubations. some infectees also needed kidney dialysis, ecmo, blood transfusions, and other equipment and so the temp hospitals didnt get used and patients went to proper hospitals..
yep knightingales were not fitted with full ICU equipment, heck they didnt even have enough staff with skills in sedation
however
the palliative care patients could have gone into the unused knightingales.. but again it didnt even have the resources for palliative care. so were put back into residential homes
they did try to section off parts of residential homes.. but the issue is the air vents are interconnected. they didnt(just like aeroplanes didnt) change out the normal airflow systems of the rooms. instead they thought a wall and 2m was all that was required
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as of this month. the knightingales are only being used for people in recovery. where all they need is a bit of oxygen and just a bed to gain their strength. anything requiring actually medical intervention is not suitable for what the knightingales have to offer.
however if they need palliative care they are still taken back to residential homes to die in comfort. as are their final wishes
From what I read there were naval ships stationed in NY for the NYC patients, and another ship stationed in LA.
They had the equipment to be used as overflow facilities which is why it's so bizarre that Cuomo allowed nursing home patients back into the same facility to spread COVID. You can try to section off the nursing homes but COVID is too transmissible for it to matter. You're right about the vents and to add to that -- social distancing is probably impossible in these nursing homes. All it takes is 15 minutes total within 6 feet for there to be a good chance of infection.