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Closure of all Wuhan’s makeshift hospitals indicates another stage in victory against COVID-19

The last Fang Cang makeshift hospital in the epicenter Wuhan, in Central China’s Hubei Province,
purposely built and designed for COVID-19 treatment, closed on Tuesday afternoon, March 10,
indicating that all 16 makeshift hospitals built in the city have closed amid surging recoveries,
which an expert said reflected a major stage in the victory against the virus.
All 16 makeshift hospitals built in Wuhan have treated 12,000 patients by closing time.
The Fang Cang hospital in Wuchang district, which opened on February 5, is Wuhan’s first such
hospital.
The hospital has admitted 1,124 patients (including 833 discharged and 291 transferred), the
People’s Daily reported on Tuesday, March 10. 868 medical staff from 14 medical teams
nationwide participated in treatment efforts, report said.
The hospital had recorded no deaths, no infections of hospital staff, and no instances of re-
hospitalization, report said.
A closing ceremony was held at the hospital on Tuesday. The Global Times reporter present at the
Wuchang Fang Cang hospital learned from a doctor regarding the four criteria for discharging
patients, which include normal body temperature for three consecutive days, no respiratory
symptoms, CT scans showing obvious decrease of lung inflammation, and two negative nucleic
acid tests.
The doctor noted that discharged patients would be sent to designated points for a 14-day
quarantine and a follow-up observation.
At the closing ceremony, the last group of patients from the hospital stood together excitedly and
sang the song My Motherland to celebrate their recovery.
The makeshift hospitals were immediately constructed after the outbreak began to receive and
treat patients displaying mild symptoms of novel coronavirus pneumonia, which has played an
important and irreplaceable role in epidemic prevention and treatment, and has also created a new
model for dealing with public health emergencies, responding to major disasters and epidemic
situations, and rapidly organizing and pooling medical resources, Yang Zhanqiu, deputy director
of the Pathogen Biology Department at Wuhan University, told the Global Times.
The closure shows the epicenter Wuhan is no longer short of hospital beds and a large number of
patients exhibiting lighter symptoms have been cured, Yang said.
It also signals that such “epidemic prevention and control in the city is a major stage in the victory
against the virus”, Yang noted.
The first Fang Cang hospital in Qiaokou district, Wuhan, closed on March 1 and had admitted 330
patients from February 11, amongst whom 32 were critical or severe, and 232 were cured or
discharged, media reported.
According to data published by China’s National Health Commission, a further 19 infections of
COVID-19 were confirmed on Monday, 36 on Sunday and 41 on Saturday, which shows a falling
trend in the city.

Source:Global

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