PLA medical personnel to run new Wuhan hospital starting Monday
By Zhao Lei |
chinadaily.com.cn |
Updated: 2020-02-02 12:09
Share
Share - WeChat
Medical personnel from the People's Liberation Army will take over a newly-constructed hospital in Hubei province's Wuhan dedicated to novel coronavirus-caused pneumonia.
A total of 1,400 medical workers from the military will start on Monday receiving and treating patients infected with the highly contagious pneumonia at Huoshenshan Hospital, which was built in nine days and was formally delivered to the military on Sunday morning.
The move was approved by President Xi Jinping, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission.
- Sino-South Korean youth environmental program opens in Hainan
- Chinese and ASEAN experts call for more cooperation on maritime issues
- Court orders confiscation of former senior official's assets
- Intl forum on river-based civilizations attracts foreign and Chinese scholars, officials
- Chinese youth music festival makes overseas debut in Singapore
- Guangzhou airport records over 42% rise in entry-exit visits from ASEAN
