Last makeshift hospital in Wuhan closes

Source:People's Daily Published: 2020/3/10 17:16:36


Photo: Qiao Wai/People's Daily


 
The last makeshift hospital, Wuchang "Fangcang" hospital, officially closed on Tuesday. All 14 makeshift hospitals opened in Wuhan have been closed, where 12,000 patients were treated.

The Wuchang "Fangcang" hospital operated with 784 beds on the evening of February 5. As of closing, this hospital had admitted 1,124 patients (including 833 discharged and 291 transferred). 868 medical staff of 14 medical teams nationwide participated in the treatment.

On February 3, according to the Wuhan Coronavirus Outbreak Prevention and Control Command, the Wuhan government began to build makeshift hospitals to receive and treat patients with mild symptoms of novel coronavirus pneumonia.

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