Overflowing with Covid-19 patients, the Kumanovo hospital set up a tent which they plan to use to provide surplus room to admit the less severe cases.

The Defense Ministry came to the aid of the Healthcare Ministry in preparing this improvised assistance to the hard pressed city. Due to the cold weather, it is planned that this field hospital is used just for patients who would receive treatment and then go home. It will add 30 beds to reduce the pressure on the hospital’s Covid-19 ward.

Meanwhile in Veles, the local Covid ward is treating 64 patients, far beyond their capacity. To reduce overcrowding, a ward used for physical therapy was converted to treat coronavirus patients. The hospital is facing a growing number of patients who need to receive supplemental oxygen.