Hai Duong's third field hospital established at 'lightning speed'
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On February 6, the field Hospital No.3, which was renovated from the 5,000-square-meter of Sao Do University, completed construction.
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This facility is a three-story building, located far away from a residential area. The first floor is turned into the patient-receiving area, where testing and treating equipment are also stored.
The remaining floors are patient rooms and some function rooms.
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In early February, vehicles from Da Nang carried equipment from Tien Son Field Hospital to Sao Do University to install the makeshift hospital to curb the new recurrence of COVID-19 pandemic in Hai Duong.
All engineers and workers on site have their health checked and monitored by the Hai Duong Center for Disease Control throughout the construction process.
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The construction workers work from 7 am to 23 pm every day to timely complete the hospital on schedule.
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More than 200 people from many units have been mobilized to construct and renew the whole construction, from painting, tiling, rebuilding the floor, installing electricity, water, Internet.
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Over 50 soldiers in Hai Duong province have joined in to assist the construction contractors to speed up the progress.
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The hospital has a total of 239 beds. When needed, it can raise its capacity to 300. Beds are separated by a partition to limit infection. There are two types of rooms: 16 beds or 24 beds.
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Patient's rooms are simply designed, with interiors include a bed, fan, trash can, locker, chair, fire protection system, camera, Internet, emergency button.
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Every day, medical staff conduct disinfection spray to the construction environment is safe.
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The field hospital No.1 is located at Chi Linh Medical Center, operating from January 29th, can treat up to 300 patients at a time. Field hospital No. 2 located at Hai Duong Medical Technical University. It has 200 beds, with a maximum capacity of 400.
After 12 days of community infection, Hai Duong recorded 293 COVID-19 cases. The number of cases is large but different from Da Nang, Hai Duong's patients are mostly young workers with no underlying health issues.
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