MS considers MASH-like hospitals

Nine of Mississippi’s largest hospitals did not have an intensive care unit (ICU) bed available this past weekend. They are at full capacity. State health officials are considering deployable military-like (MASH) hospitals to provide more beds for coronavirus patients. However, they say the quality of care in those facilities won’t be what the public is used to. “If we need sort of a … hundred-bed facility, where we are putting patients, we will take the necessary steps to do that,” Gov. Tate Reeves said last week. “(T)he quality of care in those facilities is not going to be the same level as if you go to a level one facility in Mississippi today.” (The AP 07/27/20) https://www.magnoliastatelive.com/2020/07/27/mississippi-leaders-ready-to-add-pop-up-icu-facilities-if-virus-spread-continues/