This March 23, 2020 photo shows the former MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island, Ill. U.S. hospitals are rushing to find beds for a coming flood of COVID-19 patients, opening older closed hospitals and re-purposing other medical buildings. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
March 26, 2020
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March 26, 2020 3:41 p.m.
US hospitals rush to find beds for surge of virus patients
SEATTLE (AP) — With her due date fast approaching, Kelly McCarty packed a bag with nursing tops, a robe, slippers and granola bars. Last week's ultrasound, she said, showed “this baby is head down and ready to go."