New York City Weighs Turning Hotels into Hospitals

Re:New York City Weighs Turning Hotels into Hospitals by mihemihe on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @03:51PM (#22620538)

Madrid, Spain just announced 40 hospitals will be turned to hospital rooms. 9,000 beds.

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Re:New York City Weighs Turning Hotels into Hospitals by anticensor on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @03:52PM (#22620552)

> hospitals will be turned to hospital rooms

There is a logical mistake in this sentence.

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Re:New York City Weighs Turning Hotels into Hospitals by schoen on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @04:02PM (#22620670)

A fun fact: "hospital", "hostel", and "hotel" all come from the same Latin root (brought into French and then English at different times https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hospital#Etymology).

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Re:New York City Weighs Turning Hotels into Hospitals by SketchySeaBeast on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @04:10PM (#22620742)

I'll be honest, it won't be much work, and should be done quickly.

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Re:New York City Weighs Turning Hotels into Hospitals by spease on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @06:42PM (#22622174)

Turning a hospital into a hospital room? That’s going to require some serious Time Lord engineering.

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Re:New York City Weighs Turning Hotels into Hospitals by gpvos on Wednesday March 18, 2020 @03:55PM (#22620586)

They could tear down all internal walls to make each hospital into one large room. That would be very counterproductive, but they could.

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