Published 21:52 IST, February 19th 2020

Shanghai company donates 3D-printed wards to Hubei hospital to contain coronavirus

A Shanghai-based company donated 15 quarantine wards, made using 3D printing technology, to a hospital in Hubei province to contain the spread of coronavirus

Reported by: Kunal Gaurav
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A Shanghai-based company donated 15 quarantine wards, me using 3D printing techlogy, to a hospital in Hubei province to contain spre of coronavirus. Xiang Xinghua, deputy party chief of Xianning city, h reportedly approached Winsun Building Technique Co Ltd after company chairman showed willingness on a WeChat post to donate such wards.

According to Winsun, first batch of 15 portable wards were installed at Xianning Central Hospital and put to use last week. company has w started working on second batch of donation under which it plans to print 200 sets of wards to contain epidemic in area. 

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A single quarantine room can be printed in two hours and one printing machine can produce 15 rooms in a day. Each quarantine ward comes with an area of 10 square meters and a height of 2.8 meters in which two beds can be easily kept. base cost of printed rooms is around 28,000 yuan ($3,999).

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Earthquake-resistant ward

rooms are created using concrete and recycled solid waste and have passed environmental impact assessment. wards, after opting a shell structure, meet required standards for heat preservation and isolation and can withstand extreme environments including strong winds and even earthquakes.

wards are mobile and easy to set up and can be instantly run on power supply. material is concrete and recycled solid waste that have passed environmental impact assessment. Because Yingchuang has more than 300 national patented techlogies, quality is reliable.

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According to latest report, 1,749 new cases of coronavirus infections and 136 more deaths have been confirmed, taking total death toll because of dely virus to 2,004. While most of cases are from Hubei province of China and city of Wuhan, epicentre of outbreak, or countries, including Japan and Philippines, have also w reported deaths related to COVID-19.

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21:52 IST, February 19th 2020