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Demolition at the former Muhlenberg Hospital in preparation for conversion to apartments began in December 2018. |
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Projected number of daily cases under current Social Distance conditions. Chart appeared in nj.com. |
Twelve years after closing it down, the State of New Jersey is looking at the possibility of reopening Muhlenberg Hospital to accommodate Coronavirus patients.
Judith Persichilli, the NJ Commissioner of Health, said on Friday that an unnamed hospital in Plainfield was being considered for reopening to meet an expected crisis in hospital facilities as the Coronavirus pandemic crests in New Jersey.
As long and hard as residents of Plainfield struggled against the closure, the irony of the current situation is not lost on anyone. It's a shame that Dottie Gutenkauf did not live to see this day.
Persichili and a delegation from the Army Corps of Engineers were supposed to tour the facility on Saturday.
The former Muhlenberg Hospital site has been under development for more than a year now as part of a deal to bring 120 apartments to the former hospital buildings and a medical arts center to the Park Avenue side of the campus.
According to Persichilli's statement, the building has been gutted in preparation for conversion to apartments. She estimated it could be converted to a 200-bed hospital in 4-6 weeks (this sounds optimistic to me).
Under the current level of social distance in effect, the projection of active daily cases would be expected to peak at over 150,000 about the beginning of June. This would far outstrip the ability of hospitals to accommodate these patients.
Mayor Adrian O. Mapp has videotaped comments on the possibility of Muhlenberg reopening -- view his video here.
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