Atrium Health says it’s deploying its MED-1 Mobile Hospital to Tryon in Polk County, southeast of Hendersonville. Designed to be self-sustaining for up to 72 hours, Med-1 will serve as a receiving hospital to triage, treat and either discharge or transport patients to another hospital for more acute care. It includes digital x-ray, ultrasound, lab, pharmacy, 14 acute care beds, a 2-bed operating room, and more. The mobile hospital is composed of nearly a dozen vehicles, including an emergency department, supply trucks, satellite trailers, dormitory trailers, and other essential equipment vehicles. It’s scheduled to get underway Tuesday morning.
Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.