Murphy asks Trump for Military and Army Corp Assistance To Build Hospitals
NJ Gov Phil Murphy
Stating that New Jersey faces a potential hospital bed shortage of anywhere from 123,000 to 313,000 sometime between May and October, and that there could be a critical care bed shortage of 2000 within the next two weeks, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy wrote to President Donald Trump on Tuesday to request that the federal government provide Military and U.S. Army Corp of Engineers assistance in expanding the state’s hospital and intensive care unit capacity.
Murphy wrote that failing to expand NJ’s medical capacity could results in medical professionals being “forced the make the agonizing decisions the world has seen in Northern Italy–they will have no choice but to deny lifesaving care, including ventilators to those in need of it.”
Posted: March 17th, 2020 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: New Jersey, News | Tags: coronavirus, COVID-19, Governor Phil Murphy, Hospital Beds in NJ, New Jersey, President Donald Trump, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers | Comments Off on Murphy asks Trump for Military and Army Corp Assistance To Build Hospitals