China opens Coronavirus hospital constructed in 8 days to nearly 50 patients on 1st day

China on Tuesday opened its field bed hospital and witnessed mission of nearly fifty coronavirus patients on its first day, Chinese state media reported. hospital was completed under two weeks with workers toiling day and night. In an unprecedented development, dely virus has killed approximately 425 people and infected over 20,000 in China. 

Fifty patients arrived on Tuesday

1000-bed facility was built following round clock construction marathon with an aim to relieve overflooded hospitals in Wuhan, epicentre of epidemic outbreak. On Tuesday, nearly fifty patients arrived at military-run facility, a state-backed China daily reported. Multiple ims of site surfaced on internet showing state hospital workers in protective suits pushing people in a wheelchair up ramp into a prefabricated structure. 

construction of hospital began on January 24 with workers putting in all ir efforts amid a forest of earthmovers and trucks carting materials around site. 

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emergency hospital was built in a record time of just eight days and it will house patients with confirmed infections to ease short of beds elsewhere in city of Wuhan, epicentre of contagious disease. According to Chinese state media, new hospital was built on same construction plans from a hospital built in Beijing in 2003 during SARS outbreak.  hospital, 'Huoshenshan' meaning 'fire-god mountain' is named after Zhurong, an important figure in Chinese mythology and Chinese folk religion.

According to media reports, more than 7,500 workers worked day and night to finish project that was started on January 25. Chinese state media h earlier reported that country is building ar hospital in same city with a capacity of 1,600 beds for treatment of coronavirus patients. second hospital will reportedly be named 'Leishenshan' or 'thunder-god mountain.'

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(with inputs from ncies)