Posted on: March 23, 2020 06:00 PM

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Two more temporary hospitals coming to Long Island to be setup by US Army

Governor Cuomo confirmed the US Army will setup two temporary hospitals in Long Island. The first is at Stony Brook University and the other at SUNY College at Old Westbury. The setup will start this week to be ready for next month. Cuomo confirmed there are 53,000 beds and need another 110,000. The temporary hospitals will be setup outdoors and dorms will be used by the staff. Cuomo is also calling out retired health care workers as a request and not order. Hospitals are also working to increase ICU capacity to 20,000 in the coming weeks.