Boise State opens dorms for health care workers who need to isolate in COVID-19 crisis

Boise State University is working with the health systems that run Boise-area hospitals and the Boise Veterans Administration to provide temporary housing for health care workers who want to isolate to avoid the risk of spreading COVID-19 to their families.

According to Idaho’s coronavirus website, the state has 143 health professionals who have tested positive for COVID-19. Many more have been working with patients who have tested positive, in an environment with great exposure.

“The university has made it a top priority to be as responsive to the community and the state as possible through all this, so we are exploring all ideas that come our way,” Greg Hahn, vice president of communications at Boise State, told the Idaho Statesman. “I believe this need is coming from the health care systems and their workers — hoping to do all they can to keep providing needed care but without putting their families in danger.”

Mark Snider, a spokesman for Saint Alphonsus, said the hospital system appreciates the community efforts taken by BSU President Marlene Tromp and the school.

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