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CONSTRUCTION AMIDST A PANDEMIC

CONSTRUCTION AMIDST A PANDEMIC We are currently living in one of the worst pandemics in history; and amid such panic, the doctors and medical staff are at the frontlines, battling the deadly COVID-19 virus. Another set of heroes that worked in the backdrop and provided the doctors with an extensive medical facility in the shortest possible time are the engineers behind the building of the two mobile hospitals in China. In the wake of the coronavirus spreading like wildfire in China, the government decided to built a mobile hospital with 1000 beds and all critical care facilities to battle the SARS virus. The Huoshenshan Hospital was built from 23 January 2020 to 2 February 2020 in the Wuhan district. Later, another facility, the Leishenshan Hospital was built 40 km away. Both of these were placed such that they were close to Wuhan, which was the epicentre of the pandemic, as well as major cities like Beijing. The hospital was built faster since a type-design was used from