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As Turkey faces a dramatic rise in COVID-19 infections during the pandemic’s second wave, hospitals that were quickly built in the early days of the outbreak are dealing with some of the country’s most serious cases.
Two prefabricated infirmaries in Istanbul, constructed in less than 45 days and opened in May, are offering state-of-the-art intensive care facilities dedicated to COVID-19 patients.
Named after renowned Turkish physicians who died from the disease, the hospitals are located near airfields to give ease of access to sufferers from across Turkey and are built to similar specifications, each with 1,008 beds, 16 operating theaters, dialysis units and wards for infected pregnant women and babies.
Mehmet Guzel And Andrew Wilks
A nurse holds an 11-day-old baby boy infected with COVID-19, who arrived just four days after his birth at the intensive care unit of the Prof. Dr. Feriha Oz Emergency Hospital, after feeding him in Istanbul, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. The hospital is a new infirmary offering some of the most advanced intensive care treatment in the country. When the pandemic first struck, Turkey was credited for quickly bringing infection rates under control. It is now seeing an explosion in COVID-19 cases that is putting a serious strain on its health system.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) December 21, 2020 - 9:16 AM
Turkey s prefab hospitals leading fight against coronavirus
by Mehmet Guzel And Andrew Wilks, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 21, 2020 12:16 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 21, 2020 at 12:28 pm EDT
A nurse holds an 11-day-old baby boy infected with COVID-19, who arrived just four days after his birth at the intensive care unit
ISTANBUL As Turkey faces a dramatic rise in COVID-19 infections during the pandemic’s second wave, hospitals that were quickly built in the early days of the outbreak are dealing with some of the country’s most serious cases.
Two prefabricated infirmaries in Istanbul, constructed in less than 45 days and opened in May, are offering state-of-the-art intensive care facilities dedicated to COVID-19 patients.
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