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Fangcang Shelter Hospitals for Covid-19: Construction and Operation Manual

Fangcang Shelter Hospitals for Covid-19: Construction and Operation Manual

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Medical ReferenceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 9811223076
ISBN13: 9789811223075
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: Aug 6 2020
Pages: 124
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

A novel public health concept, the Fangcang Shelter Hospital was first proposed by Professor Wang Chen, an academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, in Wuhan, China, in February 2020. While responding to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, medical staff faced the pressing situation of limited medical supplies, which led Professor Wang Chen to the suggestion of converting large-scale public venues such as exhibition centers and indoor stadiums into shelter hospitals to receive large number of patients, as this involved minimum time and monetary costs. The five essential functions of Fangcang Shelter Hospitals (isolation, triage, provision of basic medical care, frequent monitoring and rapid referral, and essential living and social engagement) enable shelter hospitals to receive patients with mild to moderate symptoms of COVID-19, and have the greatest impact on isolating the source of infection and expanding the area's health-care capacity.

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