Posted on 01/27/2020 11:32:20 AM PST by 11th_VA
Hundreds of workers are toiling around the clock at the site of a field hospital that China is racing to build within days to treat a rapidly growing number of patients stricken by a deadly virus.
The outline of a floor began to take shape and electrical switchboards were already up on Monday when AFP reporters visited the site of the facility, dubbed "Fire God Mountain", being built in Wuhan, the central city where the coronavirus first emerged.
It is one of two makeshift hospitals that Chinese authorities are rushing to build within a fortnight in the city of 11 million people to relieve medical facilities swamped with patients waiting for hours to see doctors.
Work to build Fire God Mountain started Friday and is due to be ready to receive patients on February 3, according to state media. The second one, named "Thunder God Mountain", will be ready for use on February 5.
The construction workers all wore masks as mandated by the authorities for the entire population of the city, which has been under lockdown since Thursday.
They are checked for fevers when they arrived by bus and again during their breaks.
They worked around a forest of excavators and trucks bringing in prefab material at the site on the southwestern side of the city.
"We have to work fast to combat the epidemic," a worker in his 30s, who refused to give his name, told AFP.
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Maybe they need to be motivated with a proper engineered bioweapon then!
Bums.
yeah if this is actually finished in weeks and actually stands the test of time well a lot of unions here are going to have a lot of explaining to do.
I know nothing about viruses or how to treat the ill but wouldn’t converting some other building have been easier?
Don’t they have a bunch of utterly deserted cities? They could put them there like escape from New York
I can barely imagine the quality of construction. It would send OSHA inspectors into seizures.
geebus... with buildings?
They get paid by the hour.................
I have heard that they have these zombie cities or something like this.
I wonder if they are anything like North Korea fake border village that has fake people in it.
Its understandable. They want to work easy and have the job last as long as possible. In Wuhan, the workers want to get it over with and get the hell out of there.
It's all about incentives, /S.
No - they simply dug up 40 year old basketball court and pulled out 'old fashion' swings/monkey bars. They are putting in some sort of 21st century protective kids equipment and need to pour a new court. They started in LATE SUMMER … we have no idea what the hold up is.
Why not kick the university kids out of their dorms and convert those hospitals?
Something really weird is happening here. China has NEVER been forthcoming, but the images of them scrambling to build hospitals is truly alarming.
BluMed, an Alaska company, can put up a ward in 10 min. with off-the-shelf packages.
Exactly. They get enough sleep in their classes anyway!
are you taking pictures?
“I can barely imagine the quality of construction”
They are pre fab trailer style buildings. Quality of construction not real important.
Ah, that would make better sense. Thank you.
“Union workers have spent 6 months building a playground in my neighborhood - just sayin”
A simple dog park was constructed in a nearby town and it took city workers 7 or 8 months.
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