BEIJING - The first patients arrived Monday at a 1,000-bed hospital built in 10 days as part of China’s efforts to fight a new virus. The ruling Communist Party’s military wing, the People’s Liberation Army, sent 1,400 doctors, nurses and other personnel to staff the Wuhan hospital, the official Xinhua News Agency said. The Huoshenshan Hospital was built by a 7,000-member crew of carpenters, plumbers, electricians and other specialists, according to the Xinhua News Agency. YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN...Doctors can talk with outside experts over a video system that links them to Beijing’s PLA General Hospital, according to the Yangtze Daily. In Beijing, the Xiaotangshan Hospital built in 2003 for SARS is being renovated by construction workers.

Source: thestar February 03, 2020 04:44 UTC