The Foundation for Firelands 2019 Annual Report

FIRELANDS
CONSTRUCTS
SPECIAL
COVID-19
UNIT
When the highly contagious coronavirus spread to the
United States in January 2020 and began infecting
an alarming number of people, hospitals across the
country were faced with the unexpected challenge of
how to safely care for those most severely affected. As
one of the area’s largest medical facilities, Firelands
Regional Medical Center acted quickly to develop a
plan to cope with the surging pandemic. A key feature
of that plan was to designate a special COVID-19
acute care unit where coronavirus patients could
be safely treated and healthcare workers protected.
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2019 Annual Report