New Jersey’s hospitals are racing to add beds and increase staff as the state girds for an expected surge in coronavirus patients in the coming weeks that threatens to overwhelm its health-care system. State health officials are examining reopening closed hospitals and using college dorms, medical wards and nursing homes to expand capacity. Hospitals are clearing space in their existing facilities to add more beds and are canceling nonurgent medical procedures to free up rooms and to reduce workloads for staff. The U.S. Army...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 22, 2020 16:52 UTC