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- Emergency hospital to deal with coronavirus in Wuhan
- 1,024,298
- 831,330
- 28,855
- Hospital facilities provided to patients
Plague coronavirus originating from the fish market in Wuhan, China, has claimed more than 400 lives and infected more than 20,000 people globally. In response to this outbreak, the Chinese government is trying to build a makeshift hospital within 10 days to accommodate patients coronavirus in Wuhan.
What facilities are available at the hospital that was built in that short time? Check out the reviews below to find out the answer.
Emergency hospital to deal with coronavirus in Wuhan
As reported by Wall Street Journal, the Chinese government built two hospitals in Wuhan to deal with the outbreak coronavirus whose number of cases is increasing.
This emergency construction was carried out because this outbreak drained the resources of Wuhan's most famous hospital. Health workers at the hospital are forced to send home or ignore suspected or infected patients coronavirus because the facilities are mediocre.
Finally, as of January 23, 2020, the government and local contractors started building a hospital called Huoshenshan. This 'emergency' hospital has now been completed and is open to patients coronavirus since February 3, 2020.
COVID-19 Outbreak updates Country: IndonesiaData1,024,298
Confirmed831,330
Recovered28,855
DeathDistribution MapThe Wuhan hospital facilities that were built within 10 days are actually quite complete to deal with the outbreak coronavirus in China. The building, which is built on an area of 64.5 hectares, consists of two floors and will be filled by thousands of doctors and medical personnel recruited by the Chinese military.
In addition, the hospital to handle patients coronavirus in Wuhan these are not made of ordinary concrete, but rather prefabricated units. Therefore, this building will be completed faster because it is not as difficult as building a hospital in general.
Hospital facilities provided to patients
The construction model of these two hospitals also follows the Xiaotangshan Hospital in Beijing. The hospital was created within a week to deal with the SARS outbreak in 2003.
The following are some of the facilities available in an emergency hospital Huoshenshan, Wuhan, to combat the outbreak coronavirus:
- Each unit of the building can accommodate two beds and is quite isolated
- There is an intensive care unit, consultation room and storage room
- A quarantine ward separate from the hospital building
- There is a special ventilation system so that medical personnel do not have to enter the room
- Supported by the latest medical tools, such as MRI machines and 'medical robots'
- Has a video system for doctors to communicate with experts in Beijing
Even so, many experts think that the Chinese government is not building hospitals to treat them coronavirus in Wuhan. They argue that the building which was made in such a short time is more suitable to be called a place of mass isolation.
People who have a positive test result coronavirus will be held in the treatment room and receive treatment until it is recovered and not contagious.
Even so, a number of media in China reported that the hospital did take care of patients coronavirus. The first patient arrived at the hospital on Monday morning.
There are already around 1,400 doctors, nurses and other medical personnel recruited from the Chinese military waiting in this place. However, until now there have been no reports of the patient's condition.
