ʻO kā Kikako Ke Keʻena Kūkākūkā Place ʻo McCormick ke hoʻolālā hou ʻia nei ma ke ʻano he Alternate Care Facility (ACF) a e hoʻohana i ka Epic — nā ʻōnaehana moʻoʻōlelo olakino i hoʻohana ʻia i ka hapa nui o nā keʻena mālama ola o Kikako - e hāʻawi i nā kauka i ke komo koke ʻana i ka pakuhi o kā lākou poʻe maʻi. ʻO ka ACF hou, kekahi o nā mea nui loa o ka lāhui, i hoʻolālā ʻia e kōkua i ke kamaʻilio ʻana i kahi piʻi i mua o nā haukapila a puni ka mokuʻāina e pili ana Covid-19. Lawe ia i nā mea maʻi COVID-19 haʻahaʻa a haʻahaʻa i hiki i nā haukapila e noho nei ʻo Chicago a me nā limahana olakino ke lawelawe i nā hihia ʻoi aku ka nui. Ke hāʻawi nei ʻo Epic i ka polokalamu a me nā lawelawe me ka uku ʻole.

"ʻO kēia hoʻohuihui ma waena o nā lehulehu a me nā pilikino pilikino aia ma kahi pālākiō nui," i ʻōlelo ʻia Leela Vaughn, he Epic executive alakaʻi i nā lawelawe pilikia. "E noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka hoʻohui ʻana i loko o ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi haukapila - mai ke kūkulu ʻana i nā keʻena hoʻomanawanui, i ka ʻolokaʻa ʻana i nā moena, a i nā lako hana hoʻomomona a hoʻonohonoho ʻia. He mau mahina a mau makahiki paha kēlā, akā ke hana pū nei mākou i kekahi mau lā. "

Ua kāhea aku ke Keʻena ʻo Health Health ʻo Chicago iā Epic i nā wā mua o kā lākou hana hoʻolālā. Ua hana ka hui o Epic me CDPH e loiloi i ka hiki a loaʻa i kahi hoa, a Ke Kulanui Rush Ua komo pū ʻo Medical Center i ka hui.

"ʻO nā hoʻoholo a mākou e hoʻoholo ai e hoʻohuli ʻia e kā mākou waiwai I CARE, kahi e hoʻopili ai i ka hana hou a me ka laulima ʻana. ʻO kā mākou hāʻawi i kēia hana e hoʻokau i kēlā mau waiwai i ka hana, hana pū ʻana me ke kaiāulu e hāʻawi i ka poʻe maʻi i ka mālama e pono ai. " Wahi a Dr. Shafiq Rab, ka Hope Pelekikena kiʻekiʻe a me ka luna ʻike ʻike o Ke Kulanui Rush Hale Lapaʻau.

ʻO ka hapa nui o nā pilikino a me nā hoa lehulehu e ʻimi nei i ka hana o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i kahi ʻaha kūkā i ACF 3,000-moe. Hoʻokahi ʻāpana o ka nānā ʻana i ka lawelawe ʻana i nā kauka e pono ai e kākoʻo i nā haneli haneli o nā moena i hoʻonoho ʻia e ka US Army Corps of Engineers ma 2.6 miliona kapuaʻi kuea o ke kikowaena.

E hana ka ACF ma lalo o ke alakaʻi a kahi kime veteran o nā luna o ka haukapila. Alakaʻi ʻia e Dr. ʻO Nick Turkal, he CEO Advocate Healthcare CEO a ua kapa hou ʻia ʻo Executive Director o McCormick Place Alternate Care Facility, e hoʻopiʻi ʻia ka hui e hoʻoneʻe i kahi hoʻonohonoho olakino kūikawā, e kiaʻi ana i kāna hana o kēlā me kēia lā, a me ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka palekana o nā maʻi āpau a me nā limahana ma lalo o kā lākou mālama. E hui pū ʻia ʻo Kauka Turkal e ʻO Martin Judd, ka mea e lawelawe ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻomalu nui, a ʻo Dr. Paul Merrick e lawelawe ma ke ʻano he aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo aʻoaʻo no ka pono.

"I ke keʻena a Meia Lightfoot i kāhea mai ai iaʻu, ʻelua aʻu mau mea nui: ke kiʻi ʻana i nā kauka lapaʻau a me ka loaʻa ʻana iā Epic," wahi a Kauka Turkal. "Pono nā kauka lāʻau i ka ʻike koʻikoʻi e pili ana i kā lākou poʻe maʻi me ka nānā ʻole i kahi o ke kūlanakauhale a i ʻole kahi ʻōnaehana olakino e hele mai nei lākou. Hāʻawi koke ʻo Epic i kēlā manawa."

ʻO ka ʻāpana o kahi papahana i hana i nā lumi hoʻomanawanui he 500 10 'X 10', hoʻolako ʻia me nā moena a me nā pono mālama ola, nā keʻena kahu maʻi he 14, a me nā keʻena kākoʻo no ka mālama pono ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau, a me nā lawelawe mālama hale. ʻO ia ka ʻāpana hana mua o ka pono e hoʻohana iā Epic. E lawe ka pūnaewele piha i 2,500 mau lumi hoʻomanawanui ma ka pūnaewele e ka hopena o ka mahina.

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Nick Turkal, a former Advocate Healthcare CEO and newly named Executive Director of McCormick Place Alternate Care Facility, the team will be charged with mobilizing a unique clinical setting, overseeing its day-to-day operations, and ensuring the safety of all patients and workers under their care.
The new ACF, one of the largest in the nation, is designed to help address an anticipated surge in hospitalizations around the state related to COVID-19.
“Think of the coordination that goes into building a hospital—from constructing patient rooms, to rolling in beds, to sourcing devices and getting them set up.