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Newly Created Modular “Hospitals” in Wuhan Have No Equipment and No Staff

Xinhua reported that on February 3, 2020, Wuhan built three modular hospitals (called “square-cabin hospitals” in Chinese) at the Wuhan International Exhibition Center, Hongshan Stadium and the Wuhan Living Room Exhibition Center. These hospitals are to treat patients with light symptoms of the novel coronavirus.

Another 20 modular hospitals are being shipped to Wuhan.

A woman tweeted that she was admitted to and treated at a private hospital and later was told she would be transferred to a larger hospital. On Feb 5, she was taken to a modular hospital, a vast exhibition center with no partitions. However, it was not a hospital. There was no equipment and there were no nurses in sight. Over 1,000 people had to use a single restroom, which was not disinfected and not cleaned. Electric power was out due to short circuitry. People trembled at night under non-functioning electric blankets.

She carried her own gamma globulin for temporarily boosting her immune system, yet she could not find a nurse to do an injection.

A video showed a man talking. He may have been in charge of one of such a spacious, unpartitioned facility. He announced, “This is not a hospital! This is a quarantine station. . . . We don’t have medical appliances . . . Once you get in, you cannot go out!”

1. Excerpt in Chinese:

2月3日，武汉市开始连夜建设三所“方舱医院”，用于专门收治确诊的轻症患者。

另外，还有来自全国各地的20家“方舱医院”正驰援武汉，收治观察病例和轻症疑似病例的诊疗检测工作。

这三所“方舱医院”分别是武汉国际会展中心、武汉洪山体育馆和武汉客厅，共设超过4000张床位，主要收治轻症患者与65岁以下的病人，将更优质的医疗资源留给重症患者、身体较弱的老年人。

Source: Xinhua, February 5, 2020.
http://www.xinhuanet.com/politics/2020-02/05/c_1125532816.htm

2. Image from Twitter:

Source: Twitter, February 6, 2020

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Source: Twitter, February 6, 2020

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