Newly-built hospital for SARS patients completed with 7 days, nights' hard work

Xinhuanet 2003-05-01 19:22:49

£  The first batch of military medical workers are busy getting themselves acquainted with the operations in the isolated wards of the Xiaotangshan Hospital, which is built specially for SARS patients in the northern suburbs of Beijing, April 30. A total number of 1,200 military doctors and nurses will arrive here by May 5 in three teams. The first batch of 333 military medical staff has already arrived.

£ The photo taken on April 30 shows the isolated wards of the newly-built Xiaotangshan Hospital in the northern suburbs of Beijing. The hospital built for patients of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was basically completed with 7 days and nights' hard work. Currently, the hospital built according to standard of epidemic hospital was under a systematic trial operation.

£ The photo taken on April 30 shows an isolated ward with a TV set and an air-conditioner in the newly-built Xiaotangshan Hospital in the northern suburbs of Beijing.

£ The photo taken on April 30 shows the isolated wards seen through a double deck glass gate in the newly-built Xiaotangshan Hospital in the northern suburbs of Beijing.