{"id":25910,"date":"2020-04-07T16:39:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T15:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=25910"},"modified":"2023-11-14T15:20:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T15:20:04","slug":"ihbcs-covid-19-signpost-8-nightingales-excellent-response-to-covid-19-the-uk-just-built-the-worlds-largest-critical-care-unit-within-tw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=25910","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s COVID-19 signpost 8: \u2018Nightingale\u2019s\u2019 excellent response to COVID-19 \u2013 \u2018The UK just built the world\u2019s largest critical care unit within two weeks\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>American broadcaster CNBC has celebrated the world\u2019s largest critical care unit opening in London, as the U.K. steps up its fight to tackle the spread of the coronavirus.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>CNBC writes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To help fight coronavirus the U.K. government commissioned the build of NHS Nightingale within the London Excel conference center.<\/li>\n<li>NHS Nightingale is Britain\u2019s first COVID-19 pop-up hospital and the world\u2019s largest critical care unit.<\/li>\n<li>The hospital has 500 beds but can increase capacity to between 4,000 and 5,000 beds\u2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The world\u2019s largest critical care unit opened in London on Friday, as the U.K. steps up its fight to tackle the spread of the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>U.K. health-care workers and the British military worked together to overhaul the London ExCel center, which normally hosts conferences and exhibitions, building the pop-up Nightingale hospital in just nine days.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital was built to help Britain\u2019s National Health Service (NHS) cope with the surge in demand for emergency care due to the coronavirus, which has so far infected 34,192 and killed 2,926 people in the U.K., according to latest data from Johns Hopkins University.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/04\/03\/coronavirus-take-a-look-inside-nhs-nightingale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more background see the following links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-52018477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC News<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huoshenshan_Hospital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikipedia Huyoshenshan Hospital<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FESc73Ldd7k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2020\/02\/07\/asia\/wuhan-coronavirus-hospital-design-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CNN Asia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TuxhHsRSzGw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/mar\/26\/excel-coronavirus-hospital-will-be-by-far-the-largest-in-the-uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Guardian<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/health\/coronavirus-nhs-nightingale-field-hospital-london-excel-centre-pictures-a4400486.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Evening Standard<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/NHS_Nightingale_Hospitals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wikipedia Nightingale Hospital<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American broadcaster CNBC has celebrated the world\u2019s largest critical care unit opening in London, as the U.K. steps up its fight to tackle the spread of the 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