Emergency Wuhan Hospital Built in Just Ten Days Begins Full-Scale Patient Transfer

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[Asia Economy Beijing=Special Correspondent Park Sun-mi] The Wuhan Huoshenshan (Fire God Mountain) Hospital, which was rapidly constructed in ten days using prefabricated methods to treat patients infected with the novel coronavirus, has begun full-scale patient transfers.

On the 4th, Xinhua News Agency reported that from 9:30 a.m. that day, patient transfers to Huoshenshan Hospital were actively underway. When ambulances arrived at the hospital, some patients walked into the hospital with the help of medical staff, while others entered the hospital in wheelchairs or lying on mobile beds.

The hospital is equipped with two beds in each room, along with separate restrooms and washrooms. Heating facilities are all operating normally, and toiletries have already been fully arranged. TVs are mounted on the walls, and air purifiers and disinfectors are installed between the two beds.

The newspaper reported that although the hospital began operations the previous day, the military medical team deployed started installing and assembling medical equipment and inspecting hygiene conditions in the rooms from early morning, showing a busy scene preparing for full-scale patient transfer and treatment that day.

This hospital, with a capacity of 1,000 beds, has 1,400 medical personnel selected from the Chinese military assigned. From the 5th to 6th, the Wuhan Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital, which has 1,300 beds, will also begin operations. It is reported that construction work on Leishenshan Hospital is about 80% complete.

Meanwhile, Hubei Province, where Wuhan City is located, is currently the region most concentrated with confirmed novel coronavirus cases. According to the Hubei Provincial Health Commission (Weiguanwei), as of midnight that day, 64 deaths were newly reported in Hubei Province within one day. The number of confirmed cases newly reported was 2,345.

According to cumulative statistics, the number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in Hubei Province reached 13,522. More than half, 6,384 patients, are from Wuhan City. The cumulative death toll recorded 414, of which 313 were from Wuhan City.

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