St. John's Hospital in Joplin is Operating Again Just a Week After the Tornado

St. John's Hospital is operating again. No, the damaged shell of a building along 20th hasn't been restored. In fact, it's going to be knocked down and built further away from the neighboring hospital--a lesson learned from the Joplin tornado. Joplin's other hospital is just a couple blocks away to the south, and it suffered some roof damage.

In a scene that reminds me of my army training, where the army hospital I worked in was an air conditioned tent, St. John's is now treating patients in a tent that looks like an army depmed, only it's not colored army green. It's a bit smaller too.

The tent houses 60 patient beds. Like the army's version, doctors can provide ER and surgery services as well. More proof Joplin is rising far beyond expectations.