As part of its global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, International Medical Corps has deployed two emergency medical field units and equipment to Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital (MLKCH), which serves an area of high medical need in South Los Angeles.
Currently, the hospital, which operates in one of the most medically underserved areas in the nation, is preparing for a potential increase in patients due to the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The additional field units, provided to International Medical Corps through the support of FedEx, in partnership with AbbVie and Medtronic Foundation, will help frontline providers better manage patient flow and treatment.
International Medical Corps emergency team members set up the field units—which added capacity for 16 beds total—outside the hospital on Friday, March 20. Experts from International Medical Corps and MLKCH are available to answer questions from the media about the field units and their use.
International Medical Corps is working in the US and globally with international health bodies, local and national governments, and ministries of health to provide expertise, equipment, training, and triage and treatment services. Its response prioritizes areas where the disease has spread or where populations are particularly vulnerable.
For more information about International Medical Corps’ global response to the COVID-19 pandemic, please visit: internationalmedicalcorps.org/covid19.
For more information about MLKCH’s response, please visit: www.mlkch.org/coronavirus-response.
For questions about the emergency shelters or other aspects of our response, please write media@internationalmedicalcorps.org.
