Dr. Frank Wharton, Dr. Erica Broussard and Pulin Shah attend the Ochsner Baptist Medical Staff 78th Installation Banquet at II Mercato in New Orleans on Friday, March 10, 2017.

Dr. Herbert Meites, the medical director of the Paul Silverstein Burn Center at Integris Baptist Medical Center, says every year they receive patients from personal fireworks accidents.

INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center is opening its Portland Avenue hospital, formerly the Deaconess hospital building, Tuesday, amid a surge in COVID-19 patients pushing them toward reaching capacity.