Mobile Modular Hospital Deployed during COVID crises to support local Kuressaare Hospital.

Video footage provided by Eesti kaitsevägi (Estonian Defence Forces)
The MMH was deployed from March to May 2020 to assist with the COVID outbreak in Saaremaa
The MMH Golden Hour mobile modular Hospital is a joint project from MDSC Systems and Semetron AS. For more information visit www.mmh.ee/
The Golden Hour MMH is a rapid deployment mobile modular hospital which consists of 2in1 and 3in1 modules transportable via air, sea, or land as standard 20ft containers. All modules have 20 minutes of deployment and repack time. Modules can be used independently or as a part of the modular hospital
ERRE news article:
"An Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) field hospital, aimed at alleviating pressure arising from the coronavirus pandemic on Kuressaare Hospital on the island of Saaremaa, is to be up and running on Thursday, defense minister Jüri Luik (Isamaa) says.
The hospital will have 20 intensive care units and up to 40 additional beds, and will be ready to receive patients in the most heavily affected region of the country.
The Health Board (Terviseamet) filed a request with the EDF to deploy the field hospital, which will be staffed by up to 20 EDF personnel, with the EDF's commander signing the project into being Monday.
"This is a unique hospital, originally designed for use in military conflict," Luik said, according to ERR's online news in Estonian.
"The container-field hospital, together with EDF personnel and civilian staff, up to 20 intensive care units and up to 40 additional beds, will provide significant support to the Saaremaa hospital in its intensive care capacity," he went on, adding it will be ready for admissions from April 2.
The hospital is configured to accommodate the maximum number of patients requiring emergency and intensive care. The EDF has the capability to activate a mobile unit with surgical, emergency medicine, intensive care and general ward capabilities.
The Health Board has the ultimate say in when the hospital will halt its activities as needed.
"We are assisting the Health Board and the police in every conceivable way, patrolling with policemen on the Estonian borders, as well as on Saaremaa, where strict restrictive measures have been imposed. The military has also supported the civilian sector with surgical masks," Luik went on.
Field hospital under Kuressaare Hospital management
Precisely what function the field hospital will fulfill in conjunction with Kuressaare Hospital will become more clear on Thursday, said Arkadi Popov, medical director of the agency's crisis team.
"The management of Kuressaare Hospital will be coordinating the work of the field hospital; we have made this decision," Popov said. "Those who come to the island to work at the field hospital will sign a contract and they will remain under the remit of Kuressaare Hospital. Everyone will be accommodated at local hotels, and they will be receiving meals as well; that is ensured."
He added that the new employees would also be guaranteed personal protective equipment.
According to Popov, one eight-hour shift at the field hospital will be staffed by three doctors and eight nurses; work will be conducted in three shifts. This means that the new field hospital will be staffed by a total of nine doctors and 24 nurses, to be joined by EDF logistics personnel and medics.
Four working scenarios
Four scenarios have been worked out for hospitals, Popov said. Currently in place is Plan A, under which the bed occupancy rate at hospitals isn't high. The current occupancy rate is 40-45 percent; in a typical situation, the occupancy rate in intensive care units is 80 percent.
"We have completed preparations and intensive care units are ready," he said. "We have a lot of resources for serving patients in Harju County and Tallinn."
Plan B is for if and when the number of patients exceeds hospitals' typical capacity. "Then we will start thinking about all wards being filled with COVID-19 patients," Popov explained. "Plan C is when outpatient departments are included as well. Plan D is large-scale plans already, which we are working on right now, involving what could happen in the case of a widespread pandemic."
Kuressaare Hospital has also opened a third isolated coronavirus ward itself.
An EDF field hospital. Source: Ministry of Defense
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