South Pacific Division commander reviews medical upgrades at LA-area hospitals battling pandemic
Luke Halpin, construction manager with Layton Construction Company, center, talks with Brig. Gen. Paul Owen, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division commander, right, during Owen’s Feb. 9 visit to Beverly Community Hospital in Montebello, California, to see construction progress there, including upgrades to a 17-bed wing in the facility for non-COVID patients and the conversion of a pre-operation waiting room to a COVID staging area through the addition of high-flow oxygen. At left is Col. Julie Balten, Los Angeles District commander.

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