New cabin hospitals begin to receive coronavirus patients in Wuhan

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Wuhan, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, is building new makeshift hospitals to ease the shortage of resources in the city.

One mobile cabin hospital with 1000 beds for patients has been assembled inside a convention center in Wuhan in just 24 hours.

The medical structures are designed to handle multiple functions, including emergency treatment, surgeries and clinical exams.

The temporary hospitals are designed to be easily shipped and installed.

There are plans to build 13 mobile hospitals in Wuhan providing space for tens of thousands of beds and two of them started receive its first patients with mild symptoms on Wednesday night.