AP, BEIJINGThe first patients arrived yesterday at a 1,000-bed hospital built in 10 days as part of China’s efforts to fight a new virus. As SARS, spread in 2003, a facility in Beijing for patients with that viral disease was constructed in a week. China’s People’s Liberation Army sent 1,400 doctors, nurses and other personnel to staff the Wuhan hospital, Xinhua news agency said. The Huoshenshan Hospital was built by a 7,000-member crew of carpenters, plumbers, electricians and other specialists, Xinhua said. Doctors can talk with outside experts over a video system that links them to Beijing’s PLA General Hospital, the Yangtze Daily said.
