Mobile COVID unit to open up as cases go down, but surge expected - Gainesville Times

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Mobile COVID unit to open up as cases go down, but surge expected

Facility will also allow for separation of infected patients from main hospital

From left, Northeast Georgia Health System emergency preparedness manager Matthew Crumpton, David Saucedo, Consul General of Mexico in Atlanta Javier Diaz de Leon and Norma Hernandez walk through one of the rooms in the mobile medical unit Friday, May 22, in Gainesville. The unit is one of four in the state of Georgia funded by the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, and will serve as a place for the Gainesville hospital to house COVID-19 patients. - photo by Nick Watson

From left, Northeast Georgia Health System emergency preparedness manager Matthew Crumpton, David Saucedo, Consul General of Mexico in Atlanta Javier Diaz de Leon and Norma Hernandez walk through one of the rooms in the mobile medical unit Friday, May 22, in Gainesville. The unit is one of four in the state of Georgia funded by the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, and will serve as a place for the Gainesville hospital to house COVID-19 patients. - photo by Nick Watson

Construction workers were busy at work Friday afternoon putting the finishing touches on the new mobile medical unit set to open soon on the Northeast Georgia Health Systems Gainesville campus.