Surge Hospitals

School of Architecture

George Mann, professor of architecture at Texas A&M, Colllege Station, and his students presented their work examining alternative hospitals for providing emergency care in the event of natural or man-made disasters. The "surge hospitals" was an idea in 2004 by P.K. Carlton, M.D., former Surgeon General, and former faculty at the College of Architecture, on how surge hospitals could be predestinated in such places as convention centers, hotels, high schools, motels, and community centers. The…