Makeshift hospital in Wuhan receives coronavirus-infected patients
Updated: February 9, 2020 09:13Xinhua
Patients enter the ward of Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, Feb 8, 2020. The makeshift hospital received its first batch of patients of the novel coronavirus pneumonia on the night of Feb 8. [Photo/Xinhua]
WUHAN — The newly-built Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan, epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, received the first batch of patients infected with the virus on Feb 8, according to local authorities.
Replicating Beijing's SARS treatment model in 2003, Wuhan built two makeshift hospitals: Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) and Huoshenshan (Fire God Mountain), which can accommodate 1,600 beds and 1,000 beds respectively.
The first batch of patients were transferred to Huoshenshan Hospital on Feb 4 after a 10-day construction.
Chinese health authorities said on Feb 8 that they received reports of 3,399 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 86 deaths on Feb 7.
Patients enter the ward of Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, Feb 8, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Patients enter the ward of Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei Province, Feb 8, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Patients enter the ward of Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, Feb 8, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Patients enter the ward of Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, Feb 8, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
A patient arrives at the ward of Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, Feb 8, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
A patient enters the ward of Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, Feb 8, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Patients enter the ward of Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, Feb 8, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
