Shaine Mata

Moving Ahead With TRAC

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Just to recap, we got the Trauma Regional Advisory Council (TRAC) project to network the hospitals along the Rio Grande started this week. We got through the most difficult part by Wednesday, which was McAllen Medical Center. This hospital has seven microwave antennas aiming at other hospitals in the vicinity. Most of the other hospitals will only have one microwave link. It took us three days up on the roof at 100+ F temperatures. By comparison, we mostly set up the McAllen Heart Hospital in one day. We did not complete that part because we need additional hardware to mount the antenna; but that will be resolved by Monday. For weeks, we have been urged to "figure out ways to be efficient" and "find ways to make the installations more automated"; this is impossible unless you have some installs under your belt. Experience goes a long way towards making you efficient.