Office building turned into makeshift hospital in Shanghai
STORY: Office building turned into makeshift hospital in Shanghai
DATELINE: April 13, 2022
LENGTH: 00:00:48
LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH
SHOTLIST:
1. various of workers working on the construction site
2. SOUNDBITE (English): YANG BIN, General manager of Pacific Rehouse
STORYLINE:
An office building in Pudong in Shanghai has been converted into a makeshift hospital.
This is the first such building in Shanghai to be turned into a temporary hospital as the city battles a COVID-19 resurgence.
The conversion process lasted four days and nights.
SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YANG BIN, General manager of Pacific Rehouse (office building owner)
"I think it's incumbent on us to do whatever is needed by the government. There have been no objections. We've had a presence in Shanghai for so many years, and the city indeed nurtured us."
The makeshift hospital begins to take in patients from Wednesday, offering 3,650 beds for COVID-19 treatment.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shangha
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- 2022/4/13 00:00:00
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