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New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

Newark, NJ

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NJ Consortium Develops Mobile Medical Unit to Address Health Facility Shortage

By Archinect
Jul 14, '20 6:37 PM EST
A prototype of the mobile medical unit at University Hospital in Newark.
A prototype of the mobile medical unit at University Hospital in Newark.

In response to the extreme challenges to clinical capacity posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, three New Jersey institutions – New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), University Hospital in Newark and The Tuchman Foundation – are collaborating in a unique partnership on the development of modular, mobile medical care facilities to be deployed to areas of surging disease outbreaks and other disasters, as well as to regions that lack health care infrastructure. (read more)