Two more military-led hospitals put into use in virus-hit Wuhan

Patients with mild symptoms of the COVID-19 coronavirus resting at night in the temporary Fangcai Hospital set up in a sports stadium in Wuhan. Two more hospitals under the control of military medics have been put into use Wednesday (Feb 19) in the city of Wuhan, capital city of Hubei Province and the epicentre of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. - AFP

WUHAN: Two more hospitals under the control of military medics have been put into use Wednesday (Feb 19) in the city of Wuhan, capital city of Hubei Province and the epicentre of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak.

Following the operation model of Huoshenshan Hospital, 2,600 medical personnel from the armed forces are tasked with treating patients infected with the virus in Taikang Tongji Hospital and a branch of Hubei's Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital in Wuhan.