How to design a hospital that's built in days, by someone who's done it before

As China races to contain the Wuhan coronavirus, a feat of design and engineering has unfolded at the outbreak's epicenter: A hospital built in just 10 days.

The two-story, 366,000-square-foot Huoshenshan Hospital began accepting its first patients Monday, a little over a week after land-levelling work commenced. A second, Leishenshan Hospital, is expected to open soon, with the two facilities expected to accommodate 1,000 and 1,500 beds respectively.
Authorities hope the hospitals can help relieve pressure on Wuhan's overburdened healthcare system, while controlling the spread of a virus that has killed more than 700 people and infected over 31,000 globally.

So while the Wuhan government has said that only patients confirmed to have contracted the virus will be admitted to Huoshenshan Hospital, patients may still be divided based on the risk they pose. Aerial photos of the facility, taken during construction, show long rectangular wards spilling out from a central axis, and otherwise completely separate from one another. A second, smaller cluster of structures appears entirely disconnected from the bulk of the hospital.

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