National Guard To Begin Setting Up Federal Medical Station At Shuttered Glen Mills School

Crystal Cranmore reports.

ANYONE WHO RECENTLY CAME INCONTACT WITH THAT STUDENT.THE NATIONAL GUARD ISEXPECTED TO BEGIN SETTING UPSHOP AT THE SHUTTERED GLENMILLS SCHOOLS THIS WEEKENDED.THE PLAN IS TO USE THE SITEFOR OVERFLOW FROM AREAHOSPITALS, A MID THE COVID-19PANDEMIC."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTERCHRIS IT WILL CRANMORE JOINSUS LIVE THIS MORNING FROM GLENMILLS WITH MORE ON THESEPREPARATIONS, CRYSTAL, GOODMORNING.GOOD MORNING, JIANGZEMIN -- JAN, PREPARATION ISKEY, DELAWARE COUNTY OFFICIALSWANT TO MAKE SURE LOCALHOSPITALIZATION ARE ABLE TODEAL WITH THE RISING NUMBEREVERY PATIENTS WITH COVID-19.WE KNOW FROM THE PENNSYLVANIADEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, THEREARE 185 POSITIVE CASES INDELAWARE COUNTY.AND THREE DEATHS.SO, HERE AT GLEN MILLSSCHOOLS, WE ARE TOLD THATTHERE AT LEAST 250 BEDS SET UPPOTENTIALLY IN THE GYMNASIUM,WE'VE TOLD THEY HAVE THESPARES, THEY HAVE THE POWER,EVEN SPOTS TO LAND AHELICOPTER.NOW, WE ARE ALSO TOLD THEMEDICAL ROW LEAF SENT LETTERNOT BE FOR PATIENTS WITHCOVID-19.INSTEAD, THE IDEA TO FREE UPBEDS AT LOCAL HOSPITALIZATIONFOR PEOPLE WITH MORE SERIOUSILLNESSES.NOW, THE FEMA-BACKEDINITIATIVE, PARTNERSHIPBETWEEN GLEN MILLS SCHOOL ANDTHE COUNTY EMERGENCYMANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, YOUMIGHT REMEMBER, THATPENNSYLVANIA CLOSED THE SCHOOLLAST YEAR DUE TO ALLEGATIONSOF CHILD ABUSE AND COVER UP.SO SCHOOL LEADERS SAY THIS ISAN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TOSTEP UP.WE THINK THE PARTNERSHIPHAS BEEN GOOD.AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP INANYWAY WE CAN.I THEME WE DON'T NEED TOUSE THIS, IT IS MY HOPE THATOUR HOSPITALS ARE ABLE TOMANAGE THE COVID-19 CRISISWITHOUT THE USE OF THISFEDERAL MEDICAL STATION.NOW, I'M TOLD THAT SCHOOLSTAFF MEMBERS WILL BE HEREAROUND NOON TO BEGIN CLEANINGUP THE FACILITY BEFORE SET UPBEGINS.FOR NOW, LIVER IN GLEN MILLS,