Coronavirus in Spain: summary of news from March 31

WHO CALLS “EXTRAORDINARY” AS THE IFEMA CAMPAIGN HOSPITAL

The Chief of Experts COVID-19 of the World Health Organization (WHO), Bruce AylwardToday has qualified as “extraordinary” the field hospital installed in Ifema to alleviate the capacity of Madrid hospitals by housing mild and severe coronavirus patients, highlighting that “Madrid residents should be very proud.”

Aylward visited this morning the largest hospital in Spain having more than 85,000 square meters and the capacity to house up to 5,500 beds, of which 500 ICUs to attend to the most seriously ill patients.

After his tour, he pointed out that it is “an incredible facility to vent hospitals” Madrid, something he has described as “extraordinary”.

“As soon as I entered it immediately reminded me of China, to that gigantic facility that they set up very quickly. But this is different because the patients were mild there and complicated patients are being treated here and that is very difficult, “he said, referring to the hospital that was set up in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province.

For this reason, he stressed that “Madrid residents should feel very proud of being able to start up an installation” like the one that was built at the Madrid Fair, which helps “heal sick and save lives“

In addition, it has been reported that You should be especially proud of your doctors, nurses, logistics personnel, military ambulance drivers, carriers.… “All the people who contribute to this task,” he said.

“You guys doing a fantastic job. At this moment of the crisis, the main thing is to try to save lives and cure the sick and when you see a country doing this you see that it cares about its people, “he stressed.

As explained by the regional government in a statement, Bruce Aylwarde was the mission leader in Wuhan (China), where the virus outbreak began.

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