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Video: Kan. hospital turns ambulance bay into COVID-19 evaluation space

As the pandemic spreads, one Kansas hospital is utilizing space to separate those possibly infected from the general public

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By Rachel Engel

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — In an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the University of Kansas Hospital turned its ambulance bay into an evaluation area for potential pandemic patients.

FOX 4 KC reported that KCK created 12 evaluation rooms in the ambulance bay to help separate those that could possibly be diagnosed with COVID-19 from the general public and the entrance to the hospital, KU Health System said in a statement.