ORANGE, Calif.—The University of California—Irvine (UCI) Medical Center opened a network of field hospital rooms Dec. 29 in the center’s parking lot due to Orange County’s spike in COVID-19 cases. The field units, which are made up of tent-like materials, are licensed to treat up to 40 patients outside the main hospital. There were 22 patients occupying the new units Dec. 30, UCI Medical Center spokesman John Murray told The Epoch Times. Field hospitals are designed to lessen the burden on a health center’s main building during times of high occupancy, due to capacity restrictions. Some overcrowded hospitals without mobile units have even been forced to treat patients in hallways. While the new units are said to be high quality, they can’t do everything a normal hospital room can do, and aren’t meant for intensive care unit (ICU) patients. “I think there’s been a misunderstanding…about the level of care that …