field hospital
an organization of medical personnel with medical equipment for establishing a temporary hospital at isolated posts or in the field to support ground troops in combat.
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In the Atlanta area, nearly every major hospital is almost full, prompting state officials to reopen a field hospital for the third time.
Los Angeles is running out of oxygen for patients as covid hospitalizations hit record highs nationwide | Fenit Nirappil, William Wan | January 5, 2021 | Washington PostMore commonly associated with war zones than one of the world’s most sophisticated medical systems, field hospitals are a sad symbol of how poorly the United States has handled the pandemic.
Inside a Rhode Island field hospital, preparing for the worst of the pandemic | Lenny Bernstein | December 26, 2020 | Washington PostThis week, Rhode Island became the latest state to begin sending patients to a temporary field hospital because of rising demand for beds, as residents received an emergency alert on their phones warning them that hospitals were full.
Health-care workers will be vaccinated first. For now, they’re handling a surge in hospitalizations. | Ariana Eunjung Cha, Lenny Bernstein, Lena H. Sun, Jose Del Real | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostThey largely went unused then, but they have been kept intact as field hospitals in anticipation of the winter surge.
Coronavirus cases are soaring in the D.C. region. Experts say the worst is yet to come. | Erin Cox, Julie Zauzmer | November 22, 2020 | Washington PostIn some cases that meant sending election officials to personally collect ballots from military encampments and field hospitals.
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Why Does My Kids’ Elementary School Need a Tank? | Andy Hinds | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFinally, with no sign of a let up in the Russian shelling, he took the decision that the field hospital had to be evacuated.
The Jews Who Fought for Hitler: ‘We Did Not Help the Germans. We Had a Common Enemy’ | The Telegraph | March 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPope Francis told an interviewer last year that the church should be a, “field hospital after battle.”
Pope Francis Declares Divorcees Deserve Compassion, Too | Kirsten Powers | March 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLoubani and Greyson found themselves inside the Fateh Mosque, which had become an ad hoc sanctuary, field hospital and morgue.
Interview With Canadian Filmmaker John Greyson Following His Release from Cairo's Tora Prison | Jesse Rosenfeld | October 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTDraper assisted his Lieutenant, the real Donald Draper, in building a field hospital during the Korean War.
Don Draper and Jay Gatsby: Two Men With a Parallel and Lurid Past | Jean Trinh | April 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSoon after he was shot down, he was carried to the field hospital, where he died and was buried the following day.
Reminiscences of the Guilford Grays, Co. B., 27th N.C. Regiment | John A. SloanTwice used as a field hospital, it stood until 1950 when, in ruinous condition, it was dismantled.
Manasses (Bull Run) National Battlefield Park-Virginia | Francis F. WilshinShe told the corporal in charge that she was attached to the Baron de Mlide's field hospital and must get to her work.
The Isle of Unrest | Henry Seton MerrimanA large field hospital had been set up close to the banks of the stream at Taza.
War in the Garden of Eden | Kermit RooseveltSuddenly it began to drop bombs and, whether by design or otherwise, they exploded in the middle of a field hospital.
British Dictionary definitions for field hospital
a temporary hospital set up near a battlefield equipped to provide remedial surgery and post-operative care
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