In addition to the Coronavirus epidemic, which has scared the world and claimed many victims, the information that China would build a hospital in less than 10 days.
The construction plan for this hospital was defined in just 5 hours and the outline of the entire hospital was carried out in 24 hours. The hospital “lightning” to fight the Coronavirus opens tomorrow.
According to latest numbers, there are already several deaths caused by the Coronavirus. So far (02/02/2020) 305 people have died, but there are more than 14 thousand infected.
Remember that the new coronavirus, entitled 2019-nCoV, was first identified in January 2020 in China, in the city of Wuhan. This new agent had never been previously identified in humans, having caused an outbreak in the Chinese city.
Huoshenshan Hospital to start operating to fight Coronavirus
After just 9 days, the new Huoshenshan Hospital (Mountain of the Fire Gods) will start operating. One might think that building a hospital in a short time is an unprecedented feat, but no!
In April 2003, the Xiaotangshan hospital in Beijing was built in seven days. At that time, a third of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) patients were treated at this hospital - find out more on here.
This Sunday, eight planes from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force departed for Wuhan, capital of Hubei province. On board there are 795 doctors and 58 tons of equipment and materials to fight the Coronavirus.
Altogether, there are 1400 Army clinicians, most of whom were on the ground at the time of the SARS epidemic and the Ebola outbreak in 2014.
