A field hospital for COVID-19 patients in Al-Bireh

The idea of establishing a field hospital began after the Red Crescent presented an initiative of cooperation with Al-Bireh municipality, in response to the increasing number of cases and deaths caused by COVID-19, as well as tOverburdening of the government medical centres in the city at the level of Ramallah and Al-Bireh governorate to meet the large demand for medical services. Out of a sense of social and humanitarian responsibility of the municipality and its constant effort to provide good services to its citizens in various fields, including public health. Ways of cooperation between the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and the municipality were studied, and it was agreed that the municipality would establish a field hospital, provided that cooperation from the Red Crescent crews would take place to manage and operate the hospital and provide medical equipment and medical staff for that, as well as cooperation with the Ministry of Health in order to ensure the transfer the patients according to the infection level.

After the field study, the halls of Al-Bireh Park were chosen to be the headquarters for the field hospital establishment. The first phase included preparing and equipping the first floor with an area of 670 square meters as a hospital and part of the lower ground floor as a medical laboratory for the hospital. If needed, the hospital is expanded and the number of beds increased.