The COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the deadliest in human history, claiming the lives of over 15 million people worldwide in 2020 and 2021 alone. It has tested the healthcare systems created by humanity, but the healthcare systems of almost all countries, including the US, were overwhelmed and fully loaded with patients by March-April 2020, leading to a sharp increase in mortality among infected patients due to a lack of proper medical care.

Not only, but the reason is behind the overall inability to quickly adapt to the crisis and efficiently deploy, for example, individual quarantine boxes. All that combined with a general shortage of intensive care unit beds has led to huge numbers of casualties, some of whom could have been saved if such technologies were available.

During natural or man-made disasters, one of the most pressing needs is to provide immediate shelter and care for affected individuals, and that’s what was learned fu. Conventionally, construction teams would erect new buildings or modular structures from scratch, which can take anywhere from 10 days to 8 weeks to complete. However, this approach overlooks the untapped potential of existing large buildings that can be repurposed into individual living spaces for patients or victims.

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