Over 1,000 patients discharged from Wuhan's largest temporary hospital

Source:Xinhua Published: 2020/3/2 9:11:50

Photo shows a cured patient waving goodbye to medical workers before leaving the Leishenshan hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 27, 2020. On Thursday, 32 coronavirus-infected patients recovered and were discharged from the hospital. (Photo by Gao Xiang/Xinhua)


The temporary hospital with the most beds in Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak in central China's Hubei Province, has discharged a total of over 1,000 people as of Sunday, according to local authorities.

The Jianghan temporary hospital, converted from Wuhan International Conference and Exhibition Center, started receiving patients from Feb. 5. It is equipped with 1,564 beds and over 1,100 staff, according to the provincial epidemic prevention and control headquarters.

The hospital has received a total of 1,830 patients, the most in temporary hospitals in Wuhan, by the end of Saturday, and a total of 1,072 patients have been discharged from the hospital as of Sunday, the headquarters said.

As of Friday, Wuhan has over 5,000 spare beds in its 16 temporary hospitals, which were converted from gyms, exhibition centers and other facilities to cope with a shortage of beds amid the coronavirus outbreak.

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