Wuhan to close its largest makeshift hospital

Wuhan in Central China's Hubei province is about to close its largest makeshift hospital after the last group of patients moved to other hospital on Saturday afternoon.

The hospital, built in three days to offer more beds for novel coronavirus patients, has admitted 1,760 patients with no fatality or medical staff infected by the virus, said Zhang Junjian, head of the hospital, who is also the vice-president of Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University.

He said the makeshift hospital, built at the site of Wuhan Living Room Exhibition Center, was the largest among the first batch of makeshift hospitals hurriedly built to treat more patients in the city. Led by the medical team from Zhongnan Hospital, the hospital offered 1,461 beds and was supported by local medical teams as well as medics from 15 medical teams from all over the country.

The hospital reported zero death, zero work safety accident and received zero complaint from patients. No medical staff member was infected and no cured patient showed symptoms of reinfection, Zhang said.

After a series of disinfection measures, it is expected to close on Sunday.