Politics & Government

Plan Could Turn McCormick Place Into Field Hospital Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

The CBS 2 Investigators have uncovered a plan to use McCormick Place and three shuttered hospitals to fill the gap.

(CBS Chicago)

CHICAGO (CBS) — The predictions are grim when it comes to the number of hospital beds available in in Chicago compared the number of people who made need them as the COVID-19 numbers rise.

The CBS 2 Investigators have uncovered a plan to use McCormick Place and three shuttered hospitals to fill the gap. McCormick Place could house 2,000 patients and those shuttered hospitals another 1,000.

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