A temporary field hospital could be coming to Redding

A temporary field hospital could be coming to Redding

Redding--- governor newsom says he's considering shasta county as one of the sites for a makeshift hospital to treat patients.

Action news now reporter karen alvarez is live in redding.

Karen,what can you tell us?

Shasta county health officials tell me that the the u-s army corps of engineers has been in shasta county.

They're looking at possible sites to set-up the makeshift hospital.

Those sites include---- the redding civic auditorium, shasta county fairgrounds in anderson, and shasta college.

Health officials say the hospital would treat both coronavirus and non-cornavirus patients.

We're continuing to develop those partnerships and waiting to hear back from the government about for sure that we're going to receive that and when.

We're anticipating it will be in the next week or so, if that'll happen.

> health officials say the military field hospital would have over 200 beds along with medical equipment to provide the necessary care.

The army corps of engineers hasn't decided which site it'll choose.

Live in redding, karen alvarez, action news now, coverage you can count on.

The hospital would serve 13 northern california counties.### butte county public