These makeshift hospitals are helping the Covid-19 patients
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Makeshift hospitals
When the coronavirus broke out into a global pandemic, most countries around the world were thrown off their stride - there hadn’t been such a major health emergency in recent times - and were forced to set up hospitals and isolation wards in the blink of an eye. Here are some countries that set up makeshift treatment centers.
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India
Following the nation-wide lockdown in the country, the Indian Railways stopped all trains and is now finding a use for the empty coaches - by converting them into isolation centres for infected patients.
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China
The first country to be hit by the virus, the Asian nation pulled it together at lighting pace and set up a hospital in the epicenter - Wuhan - in 10 days time.
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Iran
One of the countries outside of China that has seen massive tolls, Iran converted one of its shopping malls into a hospital to accommodate the huge spike in cases
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Spain
The European nation is quickly setting up one of the largest makeshift medical centres adding over 5,000 beds in its capital city of Madrid.
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New York
Even as the American state delayed shutting down the parks in New York, once they got around to it they began constructing a makeshift hospital in the city’s iconic Central Park.