Temporary Hospital At Javits Center Discharges Final Patients
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The temporary army hospital at the Javits Center discharged its final patients Friday.
The medical staff applauded as Francisco Velasco, of Jackson Heights, Queens, was wheeled out on a stretcher to an ambulance for his ride home.
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The staff then walked out of the facility to bagpipers and applause.
The Army Corps of Engineers had set up the hospital in March.
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More than 1,000 patients were treated.
The staff will be re-deployed.
The equipment will remain in case there is a second wave of coronavirus cases.
