Military hospital sets up in DelCo

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Soldiers from the 103rd Brigade Engineer Battalion unload hospital equipment to the gymnasium at The Glen Mills School to set up a military field hospital.

A military-style field hospital is just days away from being operational in Delaware County. That was the word from the county’s Director of Emergency Services Tim Boyce. Saturday afternoon, personnel from the 103rd Brigade Engineer Battalion began offloading beds and other equipment to turn the gymnasium at The Glen Mills School in Thornbury Township into a hospital for low acuity patients not suffering from COVID-19.…

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Federal medical facility planned for Delaware County

In the wake of more COVID-19-related deaths, Delaware County Council Chairman Brian Zidek announced the establishment of a federal medical station at the former Glen Mills School. The facility "will help us care for low acuity cases should the need arise," Zidek said and would serve the entire region. The region includes surrounding Pennsylvania counties and parts of southern New Jersey. A low acuity case,…

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