Dubai – Masaader News
Wuhan, China’s Coronavirus, is set to build a hospital in six days in order to treat patients suspected of contracting the coronavirus, according to BBC.
There are currently 1300 confirmed cases in China, 41 of whom have died.
According to state media, the new hospital will contain about 1,000 beds.
Video footage posted online by Chinese state media shows diggers already at the site, which has an area of 25,000 square metres (269,000 square feet).
“China has a record of getting things done fast even for monumental projects like this,” says Yanzhong Huang, a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations.
He points out that the hospital in Beijing in 2003 was built in seven days so the construction team is probably attempting to beat that record. Just like the hospital in Beijing, the Wuhan centre will be made out of prefabricated buildings.
“This authoritarian country relies on this top down mobilisation approach. They can overcome bureaucratic nature and financial constraints and are able to mobilise all of the resources.”
“The engineering work is what China is good at. They have records of building skyscrapers at speed. This is very hard for westerners to imagine. It can be done,” he added.
In terms of medical supplies, Wuhan can either take supplies from other hospitals or can easily order them from factories.