A refrigerated trailer entered a cargo domain at HCA Healthcare Northwest when the hospital morgue was completed after a wave of deaths from COVID-19. Photographed July 1 in Houston.
A refrigerated trailer entered a cargo domain at HCA Healthcare Northwest when the hospital morgue was completed after a wave of deaths from COVID-19. Photographed July 1 in Houston.
A refrigerated trailer entered a cargo domain at HCA Healthcare Northwest when the hospital morgue was completed after a wave of deaths from COVID-19. Photographed July 1 in Houston.
A refrigerated trailer entered a cargo domain at HCA Healthcare Northwest when the hospital morgue was completed after a wave of deaths from COVID-19. Photographed July 1 in Houston.
As the death toll in Texas increases, things become disastrous in some counties such as hospital coronavirus.
The Texas Tribune reported that Nueces County, which includes Corpus Christi, has requested a refrigerated morgue trailer to accommodate a surge in deaths. Travis County is also in the process of procuring a similar trailer, and Cameron County bought a 53-foot refrigerated trailer in preparation for a surge.
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Last week, the Houston Chronicle reported that a refrigerated trailer was soon needed at the Houston Healthcare Northwest. The Hermann Memorial Health System also deploys trailers “as needed,” while Baylor St. Luke Medical Center has one on site that has not yet been used.
Houston reported a total of 66622 cases of coronavirus and 658 deaths.
To help curb the spread of the coronavirus, Mayor Sylvester Turner has called for another shutdown.
“I do believe that we need a two-week shutdown, at the minimum of two weeks, and I have proposed this to the Governor so we can help blunt #COVID19 progression,” Turner said in a Monday Twitter post. “If we can not have a shutdown, then at least step back to state’s Phase I. This will allow us to reset and reassess.”