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Rhode Island Doctor Discusses Running Field Hospital Amid Fall COVID-19 Surge

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As other states consider similar measures, Rhode Island has opened not one, but two field hospitals to help treat patients with COVID-19.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with Dr. Paari Gopalakrishnan, chief medical officer at Kent Hospital in Warwick, who is now running the field hospital in Cranston.

This segment aired on December 1, 2020.

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