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Jamaica Observer \u2014 Chief Executive Officer at the Mandeville Regional Hospital, Alwyn Miller, says the facility has resorted to placing some patients on mattresses in the outpatient department as the surge in COVID-19 cases continues.<\/p>

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\u201cWe provided mattresses for them to lie on, you will see oxygen cylinders in the proximity\u2026 That is a holding space prior to them being moved to the isolation ward when the space becomes available,\u201d he told\u00a0OBSERVER ONLINE<\/strong>\u00a0a short while\u00a0ago.<\/p>\n

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A picture of inside the hospital has gone viral which shows the patients on mattresses.<\/p>

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\u201cAs we did the other day when [Tropical Storm] Grace was passing, we had to move the patients indoors and we used the outpatient department\u00a0\u2014\u00a0which is the department [where] that picture is depicting there now\u00a0\u2014\u00a0to take the patients inside the building out of the inclement weather,\u201d he added.<\/p>

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He explained that some patients were removed from the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a situation on Friday evening where we had 21 patients that were between the tent and the A&E department. It is not practical for us to keep them in the A&E department and the tent, because we recognised that more people are coming in and when they come in, we have to triage them under the tent, so we have to make the space,\u201d said Miller.<\/p>

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