FILE PHOTO: While FaceTiming her siblings, Angelica Mendez, 48, says goodbye to her mother, Catalina Salazar, 86, who is struggling to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and who died later in the day at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., September 8, 2020. Picture taken September 8, 2020. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare
NEW YORK (Reuters) - UW Health University Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin has been rushing to convert available space into units for COVID-19 patients, as the state's medical facilities struggle to keep pace with a surge in new infections.
As part of the effort, the medical center opened a new intensive care unit (ICU) this week ahead of schedule, and it is quickly filling with coronavirus patients.
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