A new temporary hospital has been set up in London to help cope with the rise in demand from coronavirus.

A new temporary hospital has been set up in London to help cope with the rise in demand from coronavirus, the health and social secretary has announced. The NHS Nightingale Hospital will be located in the ExCel centre in Canning Town, East London to house a total of 4,000 patients in need of critical care.

Run with help from the military and NHS clinicians, the new hospital will consist of two 2,000-bed wards - but initially it will hold 500 beds until services can be expanded.

The hospital will essentially become a large critical care unit where Covid-19 patients with the most complex needs will be treated. As such it will be stocked with intensive care equipment such as ventilators and oxygen, and it is expected to be up and running by next week.

[Source:https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/new-temporary-coronavirus-hospital-in-name-of-florence-nightingale-revealed-24-03-2020/]

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