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Interior view of temporary hospital converted from Wuhan Sports Center
Source: Xinhua| 2020-02-12 16:23:38|Editor: huaxia

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Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2020 shows the interior view of a temporary hospital converted from Wuhan Sports Center in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. With the fundamental facilities being set up, the temporary hospital with a total of 1,100 beds is ready to admit patients with mild symptoms caused by the novel coronavirus. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)

A worker cleans the floor of a temporary hospital converted from Wuhan Sports Center in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 12, 2020. With the fundamental facilities being set up, the temporary hospital with a total of 1,100 beds is ready to admit patients with mild symptoms caused by the novel coronavirus. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2020 shows lockers at a temporary hospital converted from Wuhan Sports Center in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. With the fundamental facilities being set up, the temporary hospital with a total of 1,100 beds is ready to admit patients with mild symptoms caused by the novel coronavirus. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)

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Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2020 shows toilets at a temporary hospital converted from Wuhan Sports Center in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. With the fundamental facilities being set up, the temporary hospital with a total of 1,100 beds is ready to admit patients with mild symptoms caused by the novel coronavirus. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)

 

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Makeshift hospital delivered in northwest China city amid coronavirus battle
Source: Xinhua| 2020-02-17 15:59:11|Editor: huaxia

Aerial photo taken on Feb. 17, 2020 shows a makeshift hospital of the municipal public health center in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. A makeshift hospital was delivered Monday in Xi'an amid the fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. The new hospital of the municipal public health center is designated to treat the COVID-19 patients, according to the municipal health commission. The municipal health commission has dispatched 666 medical workers to the makeshift hospital. (Xinhua/Shao Rui)

XI'AN, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- A makeshift hospital was delivered Monday in a major northwestern Chinese city amid the fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.

The new hospital of the municipal public health center in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi Province, is designated to treat the COVID-19 patients, according to the municipal health commission.

The hospital in the district of Gaoling has a floor area of 27,542 square meters and offers 500 beds.

The municipal health commission has dispatched 666 medical workers to the makeshift hospital.

Construction of the hospital started on Feb. 1, and its main structure was finished on Feb. 10. At the peak construction time, over 7,000 workers were onsite.

By the end of Sunday, a total of 1,770 people had died of the disease and 70,548 confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection had been reported in 31 provincial-level regions and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in China.

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Experts race against the clock to design mobile hospital in Wuhan
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17:51 UTC+8, 2020-02-18

Construction has started on the largest "cabin" hospital in central China's Wuhan city. The facility was designed by an institute in Shanghai within just 10 hours.

The Changjiangxincheng District Cabin Hospital, now being built in the Hongqiao Group Industrial Park of Wuhan, will feature 20 mobile cabins and contain over 3,000 beds to treat novel coronavirus patients with mild symptoms.

Construction started on February 15 and is scheduled to be completed on Tuesday.

To meet the demanding schedule, Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute (Group) Co finished the design in only 9 hours and 42 minutes.

The institute received the urgent task from the construction and investment group of Changjiangxincheng District at 8pm on February 14, which required a finished design before 6am on the next day, according to the institute.

It soon organized a design team of 44 senior architects and civil engineers. The team started designing at 10:30pm.

The blueprint was optimized based on newly released makeshift hospital standards in Wuhan. The designers made some modifications to ensure both schedule and safety, the institute said.

They called several of the institute's most experienced chief engineers after midnight to help solve various challenges.

They reevaluated the design at 4:15am and completed the task on time at 6am.

"No one felt tired after working overnight," said Liu Jun, head of the design team. "Not a single second can be wasted during the race against the virus," he added.

The blueprint was then sent to Li Wei and Zhu Wei, two engineers with the Wuhan branch of the institute. They rushed to the site to guide construction. Designers in Shanghai are also offering assistance through video conference around the clock.

The first batch of trucks entered the site at 8am on February 15, marking the beginning of construction for the hospital.

The cabin hospital, mainly renovated from the large warehouses in the industrial park, features large greenery coverage and is away from the noisy traffic.

Wuhan has built 11 temporary cabin hospitals at convention centers, stadiums and universities to treat infected patients with mild symptoms. They can offer a total of 20,461 beds to relieve a shortage of medical beds in the city.

A bird's-eye view of the Hongqiao Industrial Park in Wuhan City, where the largest cabin hospital is being built.

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Zhengzhou's Xiaotangshan Hospital admits patients
2020-02-18 14:22:12 Ecns.cn Editor : Li Yuxin

(ECNS) -- Qiboshan Hospital, the local version of Xiaotangshan Hospital in Zhenzhou, Henan Province, began to admit COVID-19 patients on Sunday.

The 800-bed hospital is equipped with hi-tech facilities.

For example, a gadget will monitor body temperatures 24 hours a day, reducing cross-infection.

Robots are also introduced here to supply medicine to staff.

An AI algorithm employing big data helps doctors to diagnose patients.

Altogether 226 medical staff members serve at the hospital.

 

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19:16, 18-Feb-2020
Graphics: Does Wuhan have enough hospital beds for coronavirus patients?
By Hu Yiwei

The city's hospital admission capacity will continue to rise rapidly with more beds and makeshift hospitals put into use.

To further make sure no patient is left unattended, Wuhan is also using private hospitals, hotels, schools and local communities as designated sites for quarantine, observation and treatment of patients.

How their functions vary

Before the new makeshift hospitals were put into use, many patients in Wuhan had to stand in queues for hours to seek treatment at the designated hospitals.

Now these once-overburdened hospitals can focus on patients in severe and critical conditions.

Those with mild symptoms are taken good care of at the makeshift hospitals, and schools-turned quarantine facilities. Suspected cases are required to be isolated, usually in government-assigned hotels or local communities.

There were at least 64,000 beds available at these quarantine sites, with over 25,000 already in use, according to data obtained from the local government by CGTN.

These temporary facilities have played, and will continue to play a key role in containing the epidemic in Wuhan.

More hospitals require more medical resources. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, thousands of medical staff and resources from all over the country have rushed to Hubei to help.

Data from local government shows that 27,387 medics have been dispatched to Wuhan, as of Monday.

A total of 4,219 recovered patients have been discharged from hospitals in Wuhan, according to the National Health Commission's daily report released on Monday.

(Graphics: Jia Jieqiong; CGTN's Huo Qiru also contributed to the story.)

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12 temporary hospitals put into operation in Wuhan
Source: Xinhua| 2020-02-19 19:15:03|Editor: huaxia

Photo shows a public transit hub under transformation into a temporary hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 19, 2020. Wuhan have transformed public venues such as exhibition centers and gymnasiums into temporary hospitals. With 12 temporary hospitals currently running, Wuhan is converting more venues into hospitals. Over 20,000 beds will be provided by the temporary hospitals in Wuhan. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)

WUHAN, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, has put 12 temporary hospitals into operation, the city's epidemic prevention and control headquarters said Wednesday.

The temporary hospitals were converted from existing venues, including gymnasiums and exhibition centers in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province.

These temporary hospitals have effectively helped improve the city's treatment capabilities, according to sources with the headquarters.

Apart from the 12 temporary hospitals, Wuhan has also requisitioned the gymnasiums and dormitories of some local universities to transform into more temporary hospitals.

The city has also planned to convert a batch of vacant factory buildings, logistics warehouses, and passenger station halls into some new temporary hospitals, bringing the total number of beds in temporary hospitals to 20,461.

Photo shows a public transit hub under transformation into a temporary hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 19, 2020. Wuhan have transformed public venues such as exhibition centers and gymnasiums into temporary hospitals. With 12 temporary hospitals currently running, Wuhan is converting more venues into hospitals. Over 20,000 beds will be provided by the temporary hospitals in Wuhan. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)

 

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Two more military-led hospitals put into use in virus-hit Wuhan
Source: Xinhua| 2020-02-19 20:52:17|Editor: huaxia

Medical staff from Taikang Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, disinfect an ambulance transferring patients infected with the novel coronavirus on Feb. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Yun)

2,600 medical personnel from the armed forces are tasked with treating patients infected with the virus in Taikang Tongji Hospital and a branch of Hubei's Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital in Wuhan.

The two hospitals, under the control of military medics, have a planned capacity of 860 and 700 beds, respectively.

WUHAN, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Two more hospitals under the control of military medics have been put into use Wednesday in the city of Wuhan, capital city of Hubei Province and the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Following the operation model of Huoshenshan Hospital, 2,600 medical personnel from the armed forces are tasked with treating patients infected with the virus in Taikang Tongji Hospital and a branch of Hubei's Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital in Wuhan.

The two hospitals, with a planned capacity of 860 and 700 beds, respectively, had not been put into operation before being transformed into specialized hospitals to admit patients during the virus outbreak.

By late Wednesday, Taikang Tongji Hospital's 860 beds had been prepared for infected patients and the branch of the maternity and child health care hospital had opened two infection wards that can accept 84 patients with standard symptoms and 20 people in severe condition.

So far, the armed forces have dispatched more than 4,000 healthcare professionals to support Hubei in the fight against the epidemic outbreak.

 

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China's Wuhan to build 19 more makeshift hospitals
2020-02-21 19:29:53 Xinhua

Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, plans to build another 19 makeshift hospitals to receive more infected patients, local authorities said Friday.

Upon their completion, all the makeshift hospitals in Wuhan are expected to offer 30,000 beds on Feb. 25, said Hu Yabo, deputy mayor of Wuhan at a press briefing on epidemic prevention and control.

To date, Wuhan has converted 13 existing venues into temporary hospitals, with a total of 13,348 beds, and about 9,313 beds have been put into use to treat patients with mild symptoms, said Hu.

To improve their medical treatment capability, every makeshift hospital will be supplied with CT scanners and other medical equipment including ECG monitors, Hu added.

About 72 medical teams from other regions of China have been dispatched to these temporary hospitals to aid local colleagues to treat patients and contain the virus spread.

The total number of confirmed cases in hard-hit Wuhan has reached 45,346 as of Thursday.

 

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209 leading TCM experts direct cabin hospital in Wuhan
By Wu Yong in Wuhan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2020-02-13 20:41

Located at Wuhan International Convention and Exhibition Center in Wuhan, Hubei province, Jianghan Cabin Hospital was put into operation on Feb 12, 2020. YUAN ZHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY

Zhang Boli, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, took over Wuhan's Jiangxia makeshift cabin hospital yesterday with the nation's leading traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) experts. This is also the first hospital that is entirely in the charge of TCM doctors.

The team consists of 209 TCM experts from first tier hospitals in Tianjin, East China's Jiangsu, Central China's Henan and Hunan and North China's Shanxi provinces.

Zhang Boli, an academic leader of TCM research, is the president of Tianjin Medical University.

Sources from local authorities said that the team will conduct clinical treatment, epidemic prevention and medical research.

The cabin hospital was created by renovating Jiangxia Dahuashan Outdoor Sports Center,which is in the southern outskirts of Wuhan city.

According to the local health bureau, Jiangxia makeshift cabin hospital consists of five wards and 400 beds at present. It will expand to 800 beds in the future.

Liu Jianyu and Han Yingchun contributed to the story.

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospital in Wuhan's coronavirus fight
Source: Xinhua| 2020-02-27 11:01:23|Editor: huaxia

A medical worker examines a patient with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapies at a temporary hospital in Jiangxia District in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been widely applied in treating novel coronavirus infected patients in China.

WUHAN, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The first batch of 23 patients walked out of a temporary hospital featuring traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) Wednesday in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in central China's Hubei Province.

The makeshift hospital in Wuhan's Jiangxia District was transformed from a sports center.

Medical staff from 20 TCM hospitals of five provinces took charge of the infected patients in the hospital with support from the district TCM hospital. It is Wuhan's first temporary hospital that followed the treatment and management mode of TCM hospitals in China.

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Medical workers examine a patient with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapies at a temporary hospital in Jiangxia District in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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Nurse Tu Li (R) treats a patient with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapies at a temporary hospital in Jiangxia District in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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Medical workers treat a patient with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapies at a temporary hospital in Jiangxia District in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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Nurse Tu Li (R) prepares to treat a patient with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapies at a temporary hospital in Jiangxia District in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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Medical worker Zhan Min (R) treats a patient with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapies at a temporary hospital in Jiangxia District in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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Nurse Tu Li (R) treats a patient with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapies at a temporary hospital in Jiangxia District in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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Nurse Tu Li (R) treats a patient with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) therapies at a temporary hospital in Jiangxia District in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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Medical worker Yi Qin teaches as patients follow during a traditional Chinese physical exercises session at a temporary hospital in Jiangxia District in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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Medical worker Wu Zhiting takes boxes of concentrate granules from a shelf at the mobile emergency smart pharmacy for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) at a temporary hospital in Jiangxia District in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

 

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1 in 4 #COVID19 patients in #Wuhan have been treated in Fangcang hospitals, which have achieved zero infection and zero death. Now there are more than 7,600 patients and 5,600 spare beds. The construction of Fangcang hospitals has rapidly expanded medical resources in Wuhan.



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