Aerial photo taken on April 14, 2020 shows ambulances transferring the last batch of COVID-19 patients to other hospitals at Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)
The last batch of patients in Wuhan Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital which was built in 10 days to treat COVID-19 patients in late January has been transferred to normal hospitals.
WUHAN, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The 1,600-bed hospital is managed by the Wuhan-based Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University with over 3,000 medics from nine provincial regions in China. A total of 2,011 patients have been treated there. It ceased operation in Wuhan on Wednesday as the coronavirus epidemic wanes.
After the closing ceremony, medical workers were seen disinfecting and sealing the remaining wards.
The retirement of the hospital is a landmark development in Wuhan's months-long battle with the epidemic, indicating the city's COVID-19 treatment and medical operations are "back on the normal track," Jiao Yahui, an official with the National Health Commission, told Xinhua. It has played a crucial role, enabling the city to admit more patients in a short period of time, thus helping contain the source of infection, she said.
Ambulances, transferring the last batch of COVID-19 patients to other hospitals, leave Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)
Medical staff disinfect wards at the Leishenshan hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 14, 2020. The last batch of COVID-19 patients at the Leishenshan hospital were transferred on Tuesday to other hospitals in Wuhan. (Photo by Gao Xiang/Xinhua)
Aerial photo taken on April 15, 2020 shows the Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Hu Zhimin (R), a nurse with Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, professes his love for his colleague Zeng Yingying, during the closing ceremony of Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, April 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
A nurse seals off a gate of Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, April 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Photo taken on April 15, 2020 shows the Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Photo taken on April 15, 2020 shows the closing ceremony of Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Aerial photo taken on April 15, 2020 shows the Leishenshan (Thunder God Mountain) Hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)■
