Aerial photo taken on Feb. 1, 2020 shows the construction site of Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Huoshenshan Hospital will begin admitting patients on Feb. 3.
WUHAN, Feb. 2, 2020 (Xinhua) -- Huoshenshan (Fire God Mountain) Hospital is a SARS treatment-model makeshift hospital in Wuhan, the hardest-hit city by a pneumonia outbreak caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
The Huoshenshan (Fire God Mountain) Hospital covering an area of 34,000 square meters and providing 1,000 beds, will receive patients on Feb. 3 after it is delivered to put into use on the night of Feb. 2.
Along with Huoshenshan, another makeshift hospital -- Leishenshan Hospital is also being built with an expected capacity of 1,500 beds to treat pneumonia patients infected with the novel coronavirus. Leishenshan Hospital is expected to be put into use on Feb. 6.
Aerial photo taken on Feb. 1, 2020 shows the construction site of Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Aerial photo taken on Feb. 1, 2020 shows the construction site of Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Workers work at the construction site of Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Photo taken on Feb. 1, 2020 shows the construction site of Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Workers work at the construction site of Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Workers work at the construction site of Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Workers work at the construction site of Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
A worker works at the construction site of Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Workers work at the construction site of Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)■
