Trump’s presidential suite at Walter Reed Hospital has a secure communications network and dining room as he is treated for COVID

PRESIDENT Donald Trump was rushed to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Friday night to be treated for coronavirus.

The Bethesda, Maryland, hospital is the largest military medical center in the United States, serving “the wounded, sick and wounded of world conflicts.”

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About 7,000 workers care for the hospitalized, which now includes the 74-year-old Trump.

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Friday that Trump would spend “a few days” in the presidential suite of the hospital.

The suite, formally known as Ward 71, is equipped to allow the president to keep up with his official duties.

According to USA Today, the presidential suite “is one of six special patient rooms reserved for high-ranking military officers and members of the White House cabinet.”

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The suite, as seen in the photos, includes sleeping areas, living rooms with sofas, doctor’s office, conference room, office space and dining room.

The White House controls the entire presidential suite and Walter Reed’s administrators do not have unlimited access, WRC-TV reported.

The suite is run by the White House, not the Department of Defense, which oversees the rest of the hospital.

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If the White House doctor cannot treat something specifically, the medical center has “shortlisted specialists whose background checks are already available to the president.”

Trump’s chief of staff has his own office space in the suite, while the White House doctor has bedrooms there so they can be there constantly.

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According to Connecting Vets, the presidential suite is “specially equipped with protective devices and communication equipment used in support of the president.”

Rear Admiral Connie Mariano, who served in a medical position for former Presidents George HW Bush and Bill Clinton, wrote about it in her 2010 memoir, The White House Doctor.

Mariano explained that presidents and vice presidents “are generally treated in the Medical Evaluation and Treatment Unit (METU) at Walter Reed, in a separate private METU suite specially equipped for their use.”

The suite where Trump spends his stay at the medical center was remodeled in 2011 when the National Naval Medical Center and the Walter Reed Army Medical Center merged.

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Mariano said the room measures about 3,000 square feet and was created specifically so that US presidents could work as usual.

The hospital is located nine miles from the White House in Washington, DC, and cares for about 40,000 patients with each other.

In total, the center has 244 beds and 50 intensive care unit beds.

Inside Walter Reed there are 165 “Smart Suites” that are built with “two-way communication devices, audiovisual and wireless capabilities, as well as bedside entertainment, all of which can be controlled via a removable, wall-mounted keyboard at the that the patient has access at all times. “

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The White House said Friday that Trump “was still in charge” and was not transferring any power to Vice President Mike Pence.

But, if his health deteriorated, Trump could transfer power to Pence under the 25th Amendment, or the presidential line of succession.

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Presidents have only done this three times since 1967, when the amendment was ratified, according to The New York Times.

Former President Ronald Reagan did so in 1985 when he underwent a colonoscopy, under Vice President George HW Bush.

When George W Bush underwent colonoscopies in 2002 and 2007, he handed over power to Vice President Dick Cheney.

Late on Friday, after Trump’s hospitalization, White House physician Sean P Conley said Trump received a dose of Remdesivir.

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Conley said in a later update Friday that Trump “was fine” and “does not need supplemental oxygen.”

The doctor said Trump was given a dose of Remdesivir, which is used to treat Ebola, SARS and hepatitis C, and is “resting comfortably.”

Triumph tweeted while in Walter Reed: “I’m doing well, I think! Thank you all. LOVE!!!”