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Published 04 Apr, 2020 08:22am

Prince Charles opens hospital built in nine days to fight virus

Britain’s Prince Charles has opened a new hospital in London, erected to provide thousands of extra beds for patients with the coronavirus and built in just nine days in a huge conference centre.

The Nightingale Hospital, which will initially provide up to 500 beds equipped with ventilators and oxygen, will eventually be able to treat about 4,000 patients. It has been created in the Excel Exhibition Centre in London’s Docklands.

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